Company: YEXT
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001614178-25-000046
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Company: Yext, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
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 University-Bozeman and a J.D. from Cornell Law School. Our Board of Directors has determined that Ms. Smith’s experience advising technology companies on legal and regulatory matters makes her a qualified member of our Board.

Michael Walrath has served as our Chief Executive Officer since March 2022, as the Chairman of our Board of Directors since March 2011 and as a director since November 2009. Mr. Walrath was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Right Media, an online advertising company, from January 2003 until its acquisition by Yahoo! in 2007. Mr. Walrath has served on the Board of Directors of a publicly traded corporation, Lerer Hippeau Acquisition Corp. from March 2021 to December 2022, and also sits on the boards of directors of a number of private software and media companies. Mr. Walrath holds a B.A. in English from the University of Richmond. Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Walrath’s extensive experience as an entrepreneur in the technology and advertising industries, as well as his experience leading and advising high-growth companies, makes him a qualified member of our Board.

Seth Waugh has served as a director since March 2020. From August 2018 to June 2024, Mr. Waugh served as the Chief Executive Officer of The PGA of America. Mr. Waugh has served as a Senior Advisor at Silver Lake since 2017. Since 2015, Mr. Waugh has served on the board of directors of Franklin Resources, Inc. He has also served on the advisory board of Workday, Inc. since June 2014 and as the non-executive chairman of Alex Brown, a division of Raymond James, since September 2016. Previously, he was a Managing Director at Silver Lake, in 2018 and Vice Chairman of Florida East Coast

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Industries, LLC, the parent company of several commercial real estate, transportation and infrastructure companies based in Florida, from 2013 to 2017. He served on the FINRA Board of Governors from 2009 to 2015. From 2000 to 2013, Mr. Waugh served in various roles at Deutsche Bank Americas, including Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Earlier in his career, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Quantitative Financial Strategies, a hedge fund. Mr. Waugh also