For six years, Tim Koogle was Yahoo's first from incorporation in 1995, until 2001 when TerrySemel took over. Semel also stayed six years, replaced by co-founder Jerry Yang in 2007. Are better days ahead for Yahoo?
TerrySemel received a similar vote of confidence in the 2007 shareholder meeting, but was ousted a week later. Bringing Carol Bartz on board as Yahoo's CEO in 2009 was meant to be part of a major turnaround for the company, but Yahoo's market...
The last two annual shareholders meetings saw the stepdown of both CEOs at the time, TerrySemel in 2007 and Jerry Wang last year. During the Yahoo stockholders meeting which included yodelers, Regis Phelbin and a statement from CEO Carol Bartz "If...
Decker has overseen many of the few innovations and major changes at Yahoo during the past few years - as TerrySemel stood down to give Jerry Yang the CEO spot and their stock fell from the 30s to below 10.
Say what you will about TerrySemel, but he had the chops to get people going. Jerry's Yang's announced departure from the helm at Yahoo has inspired quite a bit more speculation than the last round of search-inspired hijinks.
An interesting story about former Yahoo CEO TerrySemel's daughter who is being sued for an alleged assault - she asked "don't you know who I am? County Superior Court, Jaroslaw Jarczok claims he was working security last August at 4:00 AM at PURE...
TerrySemel, Yahoo's chief executive at the time, planned to integrate all of its assets vertically and turn the focus back to the core business of search. Yahoo supplemented, or featured depending on your perspective, Google's natural or...
CEO role temporarily until a permanent CEO was hired after the board
asked TerrySemel to resign. While you may take issue with the content of my letter, I take issue with your oversight of Yahoo! Today, Carl Icahn released his second letter in a...
The revenge of TerrySemel? Yahoo merges with AOL, saves Time Warner and re-Bewkes Microsoft. That's a best case scenario for Yahoo from investment bank advisers at Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers. The i-banks are advising Yahoo on mergers with...
Yahoo Board, Sans Semel, to Consider Microsoft BidFormer CEO and chairman TerrySemel stepped down as chairman last night. Yahoo Strategy from the Yahoo Magic 8 Ball? Microsoft Wants to Buy Yahoo: Convergence, ContinuedThere have been rumors of...
Yahoo Board, Sans Semel, to Consider Microsoft BidFormer CEO and chairman TerrySemel stepped down as chairman last night. Microsoft Wants to Buy Yahoo: Convergence, ContinuedThere have been rumors of late about some sort of Microsoft/Yahoo hookup...
Not surprisingly, the board will be doing so without the input of former CEO and chairman TerrySemel, who stepped down as chairman last night. Semel's departure may bode well for a potential Microsoft deal, since he's been vocal in his disdain for...
TerrySemel's resignation from the Yahoo board last night removes the last vestiges of his controversial reign as Yahoo's chief. The Redmond giant finally went public with a formal buyout offer because the Yahoo board (sans Semel) won't fight back.
When TerrySemel joined Yahoo as chairman and CEO in May 2001, he left behind the investment firm he started, Windsor Media. What's Next for TerrySemel? According to a report from paidContent.org, Semel is reviving that company, and taking some...
When TerrySemel joined Yahoo as chairman and CEO in May 2001, he left behind the investment firm he started, Windsor Media. What's Next for TerrySemel? According to a report from paidContent.org, Semel is reviving that company, and taking some...
When TerrySemel joined Yahoo as chairman and CEO in May 2001, he left behind the investment firm he started, Windsor Media. Semel still sits on Yahoo's board of directors as non-executive chairman. According to a report from paidContent.org, Semel...
The company is 76 days into the return of Yang as CEO, following the departure of TerrySemel from that role in June. Instead of the rumored mass firing expected to take place at last week's all-day meeting of top Yahoo execs in Sunnyvale...
This reorg is not yet as big as the moves in June to oust TerrySemel, when Jerry Yang returned as CEO and Sue Decker was named president; or February's creation of three new operating groups (although much of that was undone by Semel and Decker).
Apparently former Yahoo CEO TerrySemel needs money or thinks the company stock will fall lower. He exercised options on over 180,000 shares Monday and Tuesday and walked off with a cool $4 million dollars.
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