NEW YORK, March 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Yext, Inc.
(NYSE: YEXT), the Search Experience Cloud company, today announced
that it will appoint Seth Waugh, CEO
of the PGA of America, to its Board of Directors, effective
March 3, 2020.
"Seth Waugh is an incredible
leader who has steered iconic organizations from the PGA to two of
the world's largest banks, and we are proud to welcome him as the
newest member of the Yext board," said Michael Walrath, Chairman of Yext. "As Yext
marches forward in its mission to deliver perfect answers
everywhere, Seth's unique experience and expertise will be key
contributors to the company's success."
"Yext is changing the world with brand verified answers, and
today, it's poised to redefine search for every single person who
uses the Internet," said Seth Waugh.
"It's an honor to join Yext's Board of Directors and offer my
guidance at such an exciting and pivotal moment for both the
company and the tech industry."
Waugh is the current CEO of the PGA of America, responsible for
driving the overall strategy of one of the largest sports
organizations in the world. Prior to the PGA of America, he served
as the CEO of Deutsche Bank Americas for a decade, propelling the
bank's expansion in the United
States. Previously, he was Co-head of Global Debt Markets at
Merrill Lynch, where he worked for more than 10 years.
Waugh also serves on the board of Franklin Resources, Inc.,
as a senior advisor at the technology investment firm Silver Lake and on the advisory board of
Workday, Inc.
As the newest member of Yext's Board of Directors, Waugh joins
Howard Lerman, Yext Founder and CEO;
Brian Distelburger, Yext Co-Founder
and President; Michael Walrath, Yext
Board Chairman and Right Media Founder and former CEO; Jesse Lipson, founder and chief executive
officer of Real Magic, LLC; Julie
Richardson, former Senior Adviser to Providence Equity
Partners LLC and former Partner and Managing Director at Providence
Equity; Andrew Sheehan, Partner of
Sutter Hill Ventures and Managing Director of Tippet Venture
Partners, L.P.; and Tamar Yehoshua,
Chief Product Officer at Slack and former Vice President of Product
Management for Search at Google.
About Yext
The customer journey starts with a
question, and every day consumers search for answers about brands.
However, they are increasingly served false or misleading
information from sources other than the brand. Yext (NYSE: YEXT),
the Search Experience Cloud company, exists to help brands regain
and maintain a direct relationship with their customers. With a
mission to provide perfect answers everywhere, Yext puts businesses
in control of their facts online by delivering brand verified
answers straight from the source — wherever their customers are
searching. Companies like Taco Bell, Marriott, Jaguar-Land Rover,
and businesses around the world use Yext to take back control of
the customer journey, starting on their own website.
Yext has been named a Best Place to Work by Fortune and Great
Place to Work®, as well as a Best Workplace for Women. Yext is
headquartered in New York City
with offices in Amsterdam,
Berlin, Chicago, Dallas, Geneva, London, Miami, Milan,
Paris, San Francisco, Shanghai, Tokyo, and the Washington, D.C. area.
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