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????雅虎（Yahoo）聯合創始人楊致遠今天辭去了在這家互聯網公司董事會中的職務，同時也辭去了在公司中的所有其他職務。他還辭去了雅虎日本（Yahoo Japan）和阿里巴巴集團（Alibaba Group）董事會的職務。 ????楊致遠在一份聲明中稱： ????“創建雅虎到現在的這段時光中，我體驗了一些生命中最激動人心、最有益的經歷。但是，現在我得開始尋求雅虎之外的其他興趣了。差不多17年前，我親自參與創辦了這家公司。值此離開之際，我對任命斯科特?湯普森為首席執行官，對他的能力以及整個雅虎領導層的能力寄予厚望，熱切期待斯科特和雅虎領導團隊將帶領雅虎走向振奮人心、成就卓著的未來。” ????許多楊致遠的批評者可能會彈冠相慶，同時希望雅虎董事會的其他成員也步楊致遠的后塵。不過，隨之而來的一個重大問題是，雅虎是否會重新考慮接受競爭對手【比如微軟（Microsoft）？】或私募股權投資者的收購方案。 ????楊致遠不僅被視為阻撓微軟2008年對雅虎收購的主要力量，而且最近還正告潛在的私募股權買家，他本人以及雅虎董事會其他成員都不會支持收購雅虎——此舉扼殺了與貝恩資本（Bain Capital）、黑石集團（Blackstone Group）、銀湖合伙公司（Silver Lake Partners）以及TPG資本（TPG Capital）等公司可能的交易。 ????雅虎董事長羅伊?博斯托克公開重申了“不會私有化”的立場，但楊致遠的離去可能意味著這一態度的軟化。當然，這些僅僅是猜測，因為目前一切仍是初步消息…… |
????Yahoo (YHOO) co-founder Jerry Yang today resigned from the Internet company's board of directors and all other positions at the company. He also resigned from the boards of Yahoo Japan and Alibaba Group. ????In a statement, Yang said: ????"My time at Yahoo!, from its founding to the present, has encompassed some of the most exciting and rewarding experiences of my life. However, the time has come for me to pursue other interests outside of Yahoo! As I leave the company I co-founded nearly 17 years ago, I am enthusiastic about the appointment of Scott Thompson as Chief Executive Officer and his ability, along with the entire Yahoo! leadership team, to guide Yahoo! into an exciting and successful future." ????The move is likely to be cheered by many of Yang's detractors, who probably wish the rest of Yahoo's board of directors followed suit. What it raises, however, is a giant question as to whether or not Yahoo might revisit the idea of being acquired either by a rival (Microsoft?) or by private equity investors. ????Not only was Yang cited as the stick that muddied up Microsoft's (MSFT) attempt to buy Yahoo in 2008, but he also recently told possible private equity suitors that neither he nor other Yahoo board members would support a takeover attempt -- killing off possible deals with firms like Bain Capital, The Blackstone Group (BX), Silver Lake Partners and TPG Capital. ????Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock publicly reiterated the "not going private" position, but perhaps Yang's departure could signal a softening. Again, all just speculation as the news is still very raw... |
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