MARISSA MAYER
In 2005, Yahoo invested $1 billion in Alibaba. 10 years later, its stake was worth more than $30 billion after the Chinese giant went public
Yahoo’s Alibaba investment changed the company’s financial story. In 2005, Yahoo paid $1 billion for a 40% stake in the Chinese e-commerce company. Ten years later, that holding was worth about $30 billion. Yahoo then dropped its plan to spin off the Alibaba stake after U.S. tax authorities refused to confirm tax-free treatment.
Leslie Moonves might lose his $180 mn golden parachute; here's what the term means
Some of the recent golden parachutes include Marissa Mayer, Sanjay Jha .
Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer creates tech startup incubator
The venture will focus on consumer media and artificial intelligence, according to the company’s website, which is set against a backdrop of snow-covered peaks.
From Nikesh Arora to Marissa Mayer, here are five expensive pay-outs in the biz world
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman is set to receive a whopping $72 million payoff to step down after a bitter wrangle.
Verizon confirms $4.83 billion buyout of Yahoo, marking end of an era: 10 things to know
When the bidding began in April, Verizon was the immediate front-runner with a market capitalization of roughly $228 billion.
Yahoo Q2 earnings: Mavens to be under spotlight
All this could end up just being a mere sideshow on Monday, which is also reported to be the final deadline for making bids on Yahoo's core business.
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Yahoo CEO Mayer downplayed the biggest threat company is facing
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer downplayed the threat posed by activist investors for more than a year, dismissing the danger as a noisy distraction
Marissa Mayer golden parachute goes flat
There isn’t much left of Marissa Mayer’s financial compensation from Yahoo!
Yahoo signals it's open to sale in final flip-flop
Mayer long argued that with the right amount of adjustments, product improvements, cost cuts or acquisitions, she could put the company back on a path to growth.
Marissa Mayer will make $365 million for five years of work at Yahoo
The vast majority of her pay isn't tied to Yahoo's performance as a company - it's tied to Yahoo's stock price.
As board weighs in, bell tolls for Yahoo chief
The next fight could be coming to Yahoo's boardroom. And this time it could mean the end of the line for Marissa Mayer's tenure as Yahoo's CEO.
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer fires back at departing executives
The comments, made by Mayer during the Q3 conference call and echoed by Yahoo's corporate Twitter account, were a rare personal attack.
How Marissa Mayer influenced the CEO of the company Yahoo just bought
Yahoo plans to integrate Polyvore's product into its premium content ecosystem, but the deal is particularly interesting for two reason.
Beyonce to attend 2015 Met Gala?
Hong Kong-based fashion tycoon Silas Chou is serving as honorary chair of the ball, which benefits the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund.
Marissa Mayer made $700 million before turning 40 - here are 5 lessons from her incredible career
In terms of personal wealth, she's made at least $500 million. That's $300 million at Google and another $200 million or so at Yahoo.
I was fired, and that's okay, says Yahoo's $60 million Ex-COO, Henrique De Castro
De Castro was fired by Marissa Mayer in fall 2013 for failing to meet Mayer's ad sales goals.
Richest female CEO in US used to be a man
The highest-paid woman CEO was born a man. The CEO in question is named Martine Rothblatt.
How Marissa Mayer shook up Yahoo
Five strategies and tricks she enacted after taking over the struggling company
Marissa Mayer can’t work Alibaba’s magic for long
Yahoo is set to pare its stake in the Hong Kong-based e-comm biz; move pressures co’s CEO to bolster ads.
Digital magazines, Ad tools are CEO Marissa Mayer’s picks to push Yahoo sales
Mayer has been working to reinvent the company by revamping products and adding exclusive content to help Yahoo compete with Google and Facebook.
Yahoo's Jacqueline Reses targets mobile talent in M&A spree
Reses, who has worked at Goldman Sachs and most recently spent 10 years at Apax Partners LLP, has been at the center of many of deals.
Apple to discuss closer ties with Yahoo!
Mayer said in January she’s seeking to work alongside companies such as Apple, Google and Facebook to broaden Yahoo’s reach.
Work from office, it fosters innovation
The innovations that Google fostered even when the likes of Yahoo were floundering are proof that face-time fosters a culture of innovation
Yahoo to cement Facebook ties, bolster mobile applications
To court users and advertisers, Mayer said she'll focus on "the dozen or so applications that people use all the time on their phone."
Under new CEO Marissa Mayer, Yahoo seeks cool quotient
Since she joined, Mayer’s big shift has been to re-focus Yahoo on its roots of improving user experience, after having strayed to some extent.
Yahoo! Inc rises on plans to return $3 billion to investors
Yahoo! Inc rose after saying it's returning to shareholders most of the proceeds from the sale of half its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
Yahoo appoints Ron Bell as general counsel
Yahoo appointed Ron Bell as general counsel with immediate effect. He will be responsible for Yahoo's global compliance and legal affairs.
Merissa Mayer to review Yahoo's business strategy, may scrap plan to pay billion of dollars to shareholders
Merissa Mayer may scrap the Yahoo's initial plan to pay its shareholders billion of dollars from the anticipated windfall gain later this year.
India Inc yet to say Yahoo! to expecting mothers as CEO
While many women business leaders are breaking the glass ceiling to reach the CEO office, Indian companies would rather wait for a few months, than hire a pregnant lady for the top job.
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