Once a successor is named, I will return to my previous role as Chief Yahoo!
" says Yang, 32, who now works as a technical strategist and Yahoo cheerleader under the title "chief Yahoo.
Yahoo Chief Financial Officer Ken Goldman said Yahoo expects its acquisition to add "relatively modest" revenue to its top line in the second half, when the deal is expected to close, with its contribution ramping up next year.
Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's deal for Tumblr gives Yahoo, one of the original big Internet companies, a fast-growing Web service that could fill one of its many holes namely, the lack of a thriving social-networking and communications hub.
Last year, Quadrangle brought on former Yahoo chief operating officer Dan Rosensweig to start its Silicon Valley office.
"Every medium mirrors to the things people want to do, " says Yahoo Chief Operating Officer Dan L. Rosensweig.
Gogobot, co-founded by Katz and Ori Zaltzman, former chief architect for Yahoo!
Yahoo Chief Executive Carol Bartz recently called Facebook her company's top competitor.
Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer, who joined the company last summer after a 13-year career at Google Inc.
Terry S. Semel, chief executive of Yahoo, was this year's top earner.
Both are included among the 16 youngest billionaires, along with fellow former Stanford grad student Jerry Yang, 38, the chief executive at Yahoo!
Meanwhile, Gigaom reports that Microsoft has hired Raghu Ramakrishnan, who had been chief scientist at Yahoo for Audience, Cloud Platforms and Search.
Matt took the deal to Yahoo Chief Executive Carol Bartz and Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse for sign-off in the beginning of the second quarter.
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In an e-mail sent to employees late Friday, Yahoo Chief Executive JerryYangJerry Yang and Chairman RoyBostockRoy Bostock wrote that no decisions have been made regarding Microsoft's bid.
"It's intimidating when you sit across from a prime minister, but they don't know the best course of action either, " says Yahoo Chief Operating Officer Jeffrey Mallett.
In an e-mail sent to employees late Friday, Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang and Chairman Roy Bostock wrote that no decisions have been made regarding Microsoft's bid.
While private-equity firms have long contemplated a deal for Yahoo, talks have heated up in recent weeks as several senior Yahoo employees have left the company, intensifying pressure on Yahoo Chief Executive Carol Bartz to prove she can turn the company around, the people familiar with the matter said.
In mid-May it invited Seacrest to sit on a closed-door panel at a three-day conference with Yahoo Chief Executive Carol Bartz and Facebook's second-in-command, Sheryl Sandberg. (He talked about using outlets like Twitter to chart trends, stay connected and gauge stars' appeal for casting purposes.) Among leaders that included Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan Chase), Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, Seacrest was the only rep from Tinseltown.
Weisel has roped in 175 chief executives, like Yahoo's Timothy A. Koogle, telecom guru Craig O.
Irving most recently served as Chief Product Officer at Yahoo!
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Morse, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Yahoo!
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Todd Papaioannou was Chief Cloud Architect at Yahoo!
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Rivals Yahoo and AOL have struggled in the current environment, and Yahoo is looking for a potential buyer reportedly Microsoft () is interested while AOL chief Tim Armstrong is reportedly suggesting Yahoo buy his company.
Yahoo's back-office technology is now "built for millions of communities with micro-interests, " says Farzad Nazem, Yahoo's chief technical officer.
Yahoo's chief operating officer, Henrique De Castro, is also a former Google executive.
Chairman Roy Bostock and Chief Executive Jerry Yang of Yahoo!
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