據(jù)法新社報道，雅虎在聲明中宣布，總裁楊致遠被替換。楊致遠于07年6月在董事會的請求下重新?lián)蜟EO，并領(lǐng)導雅虎進行新的戰(zhàn)略定位和平臺轉(zhuǎn)換。
此前有關(guān)楊致遠“下課”的消息一直不斷。11月5日，美國科技產(chǎn)業(yè)“Web 2.0峰會”開幕前，谷歌(Google)對外宣布已主動放棄同雅虎的網(wǎng)絡(luò)廣告合作，輿論普遍認為該消息對雅虎而言是沉重的打擊。
楊致遠給雅虎員工的一份備忘錄郵件被新聞界獲得。楊致遠在文件中證實自己將離職。
他說:“我認為現(xiàn)在時機已經(jīng)成熟，即把公司管理過渡給一個新的CEO，他將把公司帶來一個新的水平?！?/p>
以下為楊致遠致員工信全文（英文）:
To: all yahoos
Fr: Jerry
Subject: update
yahoos -
i wanted to address all of you on the news we’ve just announced. the board of directors and I have agreed to initiate a succession process for the ceo role of yahoo！. roy bostock， our chairman of the board， is leading the effort to identify and assess potential candidates for consideration by the full board. the board will be evaluating and considering both internal and external candidates and has retained heidrick and struggles to help in this effort.
i will be participating in the search for my successor， and i will continue as ceo until the board selects a new ceo. once a successor is named， i will return to my previous role as chief yahoo and continue to serve as a director on the board.
last june， i accepted the board’s request that i assume the ceo role to restructure and reposition the company as a whole in order to more effectively meet the fast-changing needs of both users and partners. since taking on the ceo role， i have had an ongoing dialogue with the board about succession timing. thanks in large measure to your tireless efforts， we have created a more open， competitive yahoo！ and we believe the time is now right to transition to a new ceo who can take the company to the next level.
despite the external environment we face， the fact remains that yahoo！ is now a significantly different company that is stronger in many ways than it was just 18 months ago. this only makes it all the more essential that we manage this opportunity to leverage the progress up to this point as effectively as possible. i strongly believe that having transformed our platform and better aligned costs and revenues， we have a unique window for the right ceo to take ownership over the next wave of mission-critical decisions facing the company.
all of you know that I have always， and will always bleed purple. i will always do what I think is right for this great company. while this step will be an adjustment for all of us， i know it’s the right one. i look forward to updating you on this process as soon as the board has developments to share， and will continue to do everything i can to make yahoo！ fulfill its full potential.
thank you，
jerry
