Described as Yahoo's "wizard behind the curtains pulling all the levers,"[1] Mallett manages a portfolio of Internet, sports, entertainment and real estate investments in the United States, Canada, England, and China.
He was an early employee of Reference Software, a company started by then San Francisco State University professor Don Emery.
The company developed grammar-checking software and was bought by Word Perfect in 1992, where Mallett became head of the global consumer division.
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Mallett is involved in charity and humanitarian projects and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two daughters.
[3] As president and chief operating officer for Yahoo Inc. from 1995–2002, Mallett helped drive growth and success for the company while simultaneously serving as an elected member of the Board of Directors.
Mallett is a principal owner and executive committee member of Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants, a role which includes ownership and management of the AT&T Park and 30% ownership of the San Francisco Bay Area's regional sports cable television network Comcast SportsNet Bay Area.
[5] Mallett travels to England frequently as a member of the Derby County Football Club Board of Directors.
[8] The MLS team began play in 2011 at the temporary Empire Field, and then moved during that season to the newly renovated BC Place Stadium in the city's downtown entertainment district.
[Outdated] In early 2008, along with close friend NBA MVP Steve Nash,[10] Mallett became investor and part owner of the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league.
The inaugural season kicked off in March 2009 with seven WPS teams based in the Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Jersey/New York, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C.
[19] Since September 2007, Mallett has been a member of the board of directors of Buffalo, New York-based technology firm Synacor, a provider of private-label digital Internet services to North American cable and telecom companies.
[21] Nash has started a film-production company, become a part-owner of the Vancouver Whitecaps, which joined Major League Soccer in 2011, and taken equity in several startups, including Mission Skincare, which develops products for athletes.