Yahoo! (YHOO), CEO Mayer May Be Split on Next Expected Hire
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Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer is looking to change the face of the one-time search leader, but may not be on board for all aspects of corporate operations.
According to AllThingsD, Yahoo! might be searching for a new operating chief to keep things in line while Mayer works more on the product side of things. However, Mayer herself might not like the idea of a COO stepping in.
Mayer is making Yahoo! more Google (Nasdaq: GOOG)-like, offering things like free lunches and holding all-hands meetings. In addition, Mayer is looking to implement an elaborate general manager system, similar to the one at Google. No word on whether she plans to change Yahoo!'s company colors to blue-and-white while cutting all but the bare bones parts from Yahoo!'s homepage...but, it's still early in her tenor.
For Yahoo!, the company is looking for an executive with turn-around experience. Hiring firm Spencer Stuart has been given the task of finding such a person with the right qualities.
Mayer hasn't made too many executive changes since nabbing the role in July. Reports earlier in August had Mayer trying to woo former colleague Katie Stanton from Twitter, where she heads Twitter's International markets operation. The two previously worked on Google Finance together.
Shares of Yahoo! are slightly lower Friday morning.
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According to AllThingsD, Yahoo! might be searching for a new operating chief to keep things in line while Mayer works more on the product side of things. However, Mayer herself might not like the idea of a COO stepping in.
Mayer is making Yahoo! more Google (Nasdaq: GOOG)-like, offering things like free lunches and holding all-hands meetings. In addition, Mayer is looking to implement an elaborate general manager system, similar to the one at Google. No word on whether she plans to change Yahoo!'s company colors to blue-and-white while cutting all but the bare bones parts from Yahoo!'s homepage...but, it's still early in her tenor.
For Yahoo!, the company is looking for an executive with turn-around experience. Hiring firm Spencer Stuart has been given the task of finding such a person with the right qualities.
Mayer hasn't made too many executive changes since nabbing the role in July. Reports earlier in August had Mayer trying to woo former colleague Katie Stanton from Twitter, where she heads Twitter's International markets operation. The two previously worked on Google Finance together.
Shares of Yahoo! are slightly lower Friday morning.
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