This Is Why Yahoo! Is Getting Stronger

The following video is from Friday's Motley Fool Money weekly roundtable discussion, with host Chris Hill, along with analysts Ron Gross, Charly Travers, and Joe Magyer.

In this segment, the guys look at the addition of Max Levchin to Yahoo!'s (NASDAQ: YHOO) board of directors. With a strong track record of success at Yelp (NYSE: YELP) and eBay's (NASDAQ: EBAY) PayPal, Levchin is expected to contribute to Yahoo!'s growth. In the five months Marissa Mayer's been CEO, shares of Yahoo have increased roughly 25%.

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