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Yahoo to name Bartz as new CEO, says report
Yahoo Inc plans to name former Autodesk Chief Executive Carol Bartz as the Internet network's next chief executive, The Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the situation.
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- Published: 22:31 January 13, 2009
San Francisco: Yahoo Inc plans to name former Autodesk Chief Executive Carol Bartz as the Internet network's next chief executive, The Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the situation.
The offer would end Yahoo's two-month search for a chief executive to succeed co-founder Jerry Yang, who agreed in November to step down.
Yang faced growing criticism from investors, including Carl Icahn, for rejecting a buyout offer from Microsoft Corp. Microsoft withdrew its $47.5 billion buyout offer in May.
Bartz, 60, is a longtime Silicon Valley executive who was the CEO of Autodesk Inc until 2006.
A Yahoo spokesman declined to comment.
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