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Carol Bartz Named New Yahoo! CEO

Written by Doug Coleman / January 13, 2009 10:23 AM / 0 Comments

Yahoo!_logo.jpgIn her BoomTown blog today, Kara Swisher reports that former Autodesk CEO Carol Bartz "will be taking on the thankless role as new Yahoo! CEO". Today's Wall Street Journal reports, " A spokesman for Yahoo, Sunnyvale, Calif., declined to comment. Ms. Bartz could not be reached for immediate comment".

YHOOstock.jpgCarol Bartz is Executive Chairman of the Board of Autodesk, Inc. Bartz was Chairman, President and CEO of Autodesk for 14 years and resigned in April, 2006. Prior to joining Autodesk she was Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations and an Executive Officer at Sun Microsystems.

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