The Carol Bartz firing debacle didn’t fail to capture the world's attention last week—due in part to Bartz’s own trademark style of dealing with frustration: swearing loudly. Immediately after the firing, she took to the press to air her side of the story, calling the Yahoo board a bunch of “doofuses” and saying, “these people fucked me over.” But one thing in particular about the whole fiasco caught my eye: virtually all of the criticism leveled at Bartz had to do with her mouth. More...Read Full Story
Carol Bartz is officially out as the President and CEO of Yahoo. In an email this afternoon to Yahoo employees , Bartz, who has been in the top role at Yahoo since January 2009, confirmed that she’d been fired by Yahoo’s Chairman of the Board, Roy Bostock, by phone call. At least it wasn’t via text message.
Kara Swisher of AllThingsD initially broke the news of Bartz’s departure. Yahoo has since confirmed that Tim Morse, who joined Yahoo from Altera as the company’s new CFO in June, will...Read Full Story
It looks like the unemployment line is getting a little bit longer. Late Tuesday, word broke that Yahoo’s board of directors has effectively removed Carol Bartz from her position as CEO of the company. In her place as interim CEO will be Timothy Morse, a Yahoo veteran of only three months and the company’s current CFO. With a palpable tone of frustration and a twinge of resentment, Bartz announced her departure via email to her employees. “I am very sad to tell you that I’ve just been fired...Read Full Story
Yahoo Inc Chairman Roy Bostock fired CEO Carol Bartz within the phone on Tuesday, ending a tumultuous two-year tenure marked by stagnating growth along with a rift with Chinese partner Alibaba. "I am very sad to inform you that I've just been fired over the phone by Yahoo's Chairman from the Board. It has been my pleasure to work with everyone and I wish you only the best going forward, " Bartz said inside a two-sentence email to employees obtained by Reuters. Chief Financial Officer Tim...Read Full Story
Yahoo has begun outlining a new strategy to become the “world’s premiere digital media company.” And to explain it, the company is invoking the periodic table of elements.
During a presentation at Flickr headquarters in San Francisco, Yahoo VP Steve Douty said that Yahoo has refocused its mission in the wake of major leadership changes — in other words, the firing of former CEO Carol Bartz . To that end, it is doubling down on its new mission: “To build deeply personal digital experiences...Read Full Story
Yahoo Inc.'s ex-CEO Carol Bartz was incorrectly referred to as Mr. Bartz on second reference rather than Ms. Bartz in a Marketplace article Wednesday. Current Ford Focus models sold in the U.S. don't use turbochargers to improve performance and mileage.
Yang ceded the Yahoo! helm to Carol Bartz, whose efforts to turn the company around were cut short when she was fired in September, prompting her to describe the company's board as "doofuses". Since Bartz stepped down as chief executive ...
His decision-making came under scrutiny again in early 2009 when he and the rest of the board hired Carol Bartz as CEO in early 2009. Although she was well respected for per previous success in computer software, Bartz had no previous experience in online ...
After Yahoo announced it poached Scott Thompson from PayPal to become CEO, our snap reaction centered on the fact that he had zero media, content, or advertising experience.
Considering the fact that Yahoo is basically a media company at this point, we thought it was strange to hire someone who knew nothing about the business. Sure, he's in the tech business, but he's not in the same sort of tech business as Yahoo.
This happened when Yahoo...
The sunset celebration will feature libations, hors d'oeuvres and music, organizer Carol Bartz said. "It's a chance to pull some money together and have a fun evening," Bartz said. "We just want to spruce up that area when you first walk in ...
Internet giant fired CEO Carol Bartz in September and has struggled to compete with rivals Facebook and GoogleYahoo has tapped PayPal boss Scott Thompson as its new CEO, effective January 9, the troubled internet giant has announced.Yahoo fired Carol Bartz, its last chief executive, in September and has been undergoing a strategic review as the business has struggled to compete with Google and Facebook. After Bartz's controversial ouster...
Four months after chief executive Carol Bartz was let go, Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) appointed new CEO Scott Thompson to salvage the sinking Internet company and do something Bartz couldn't - win shareholder support.
Thompson, most recently president of eBay Inc.'s (Nasdaq: EBAY) PayPal unit, is taking over the lead role. Yahoo is in dire need of new strategies to increase site traffic and attract advertisers if it hopes to defend...
Carol Bartz is chairman of the board, president and CEO of Autodesk, Inc., the world's leading supplier of design software and one of the biggest PC software companies in the world
Carol Bartz is executive chairman of the board of Autodesk, Inc. Bartz was chairman, president and CEO of Autodesk for 14 years and stepped-down in April, 2006.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- It didn't take long for Carol Bartz, Yahoo Inc.'s new chief executive, to demonstrate that her style will differ dramatically from that of her predecessor - Jerry Yang, t