Yahoo Cuts $4.8B Deal to Sell Core Business to Verizon

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9 pointsanujbans3 comments

It's interesting to me that Scott Thompson was kicked out for not having a degree (or rather, lying about having a CS degree that he didn't have) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Thompson_(businessman) - this happened in the Sillicon Valley we know, with Zuckerbergs and Gates. Seems incredibly strange.

Before being CEO at Yahoo, he was working as CTO at eBay/Paypal, which would indicate to me he is more than competent enough. I wonder if he might have been more successful than Mayer if he had been at the helm longer -- he does seem to have history of success in leadership positions.

I dunno, I seem to recall a laundry list of folks that were qualified on paper to do the job who still couldn't do the job.

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