Scott Thompson

News

1. Facebook Feeding Frenzy Boosts IPO Range

   Tue, 15 May 2012

   No big handout for the former CEO of Yahoo . The Internet firm refused to give Scott Thompson a severance package. The chief executive stock valued at $5.5 million that Yahoo paid him when he joined the company benefits he gave up leaving his job running PayPal , the online payment service owned by
2. CEOs stumble over ethics violations, mismanagement

   Mon, 14 May 2012

   Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson lasted just four months before revelations interest" with shareholders, he says. Yahoo , which has gone through a succession lagging stock prices, such as those of Yahoo , Best Buy, Avon and other companies
3. Yahoo's interim CEO has tough job ahead of him

   Mon, 14 May 2012

   The newest chief Yahoo , interim CEO Ross Levinsohn, has from a conga line of recent former Yahoo CEOs. Like Scott Thompson , who was pushed out Sunday over innacuracies Semel, Levinsohn has to unravel Yahoo 's knotty issue with Chinese Internet
4. Shakeup at JPMorgan, Oil Headed Down

   Mon, 14 May 2012

   debt this morning, but investors demanded higher yields. Scott Thompson is the third CEO in three years to be forced out at Yahoo . Thompson claimed a college degree he never got. Yahoo still has to convince its restless shareholders and demoralized
5. Yahoo reboots: New board members, interim CEO

   Sun, 13 May 2012

   Yahoo has hit reboot again. CEO Scott Thompson and five board members on Sunday Amoroso chairman of the board. Yahoo became embroiled in the resume highly successful CEO of eBay's PayPal unit, was Yahoo 's latest stab at a turnaround
6. Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson's hiring process under review

   Tue, 8 May 2012

   Problems persist for Internet giant Yahoo . Yahoo 's board will probe the vetting process of recently hired CEO Scott Thompson , who has come under fire for a activist hedge fund Third Point, Yahoo 's largest outside shareholder
7. EBay CEO John Donahoe bets on tech to take on rivals

   Sun, 19 Dec 2010

   is less than 1% of the money processed through PayPal . PayPal accounts for more than a third of eBay's global culture of the largest start-up on Earth," says PayPal President Scott Thompson . •EBay has broadened its appeal beyond casual

Videos

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   Yahoo Names PayPal Exec as Its New CEO

   Wed, 4 Jan 2012

   some breaking news Yahoo ! has just named a new CEO Scott Thompson . Tells about his of things about Scott Thompson according to analysts saying is finally. Scott Thompson will come in Seattle he's going to get Yahoo !'s under action

   Yahoo found at 0:16, 1:46

   -- -- get to the markets let's start with some breaking news Yahoo ! has just named a new CEO Scott Thompson . Tells about his background. That's right to Scott Thompson had very important to. Feldman free -- Scott Thompson previously was that -- how. Which as -- know is part eBay. A couple of things about Scott Thompson according to analysts he's very well liked and Silicon Valley and on Wall Street he did a tremendous job that -- --

   need to come and and assure employees that he's going to get Yahoo !'s under action but what we're hearing now from Wall Street is so we're calling Yahoo ! was a takeover candidate a number private equity firms as we've reported on numerous occasions. We're looking to potentially make a bid
2. 
   Facebook Friday Approaching Fast as Initial Public Offering Looms

   Tue, 15 May 2012

   meeting for the bank. And Yahoo ! obviously making headlines as well that company CEO Scott Thompson leaving. He is only pushing for change at Yahoo !'s board who is saying up was happening that Scott Thompson without CEO Those shares

   Yahoo found at 7:59

   of Tampa today as the the annual meeting for the bank. And Yahoo ! obviously making headlines as well that company CEO Scott Thompson leaving. He is only on the job for what four months. On after he got caught with sort of patting his resonate baseless and that he had a degree in which he didn't have a degree. Anything headline on this is that he's not getting any severance from this right. And I know one thing that we're focused on also is Daniel Loeb who is the activist investor who was pushing for change at Yahoo !'s board who is saying the company was mismanaged. Com. And found this discrepancy on his resume he does have a degree issue as he said he had -- in computer science in -- as an accounting degree. And again a little doing pretty well here because the shares obviously -- yesterday. On the news that the shake up was happening that Scott Thompson without -- CEO -- Those shares up about a 122 million dollars 43 point which is Daniel oats company they -- five
3. 
   Heads Roll at JP Morgan, Yahoo !

   Mon, 14 May 2012

   in the hot seat is Scott Thompson . Heading up Yahoo ! and he is now being agitating for change at Yahoo ! and about a week before he resigned Scott Thompson resigned he on some have on his resume. Yahoo ! has been struggling

   Yahoo found at 0:28, 4:36

   three giant stories that we're following chaos that the country's biggest bank. Yahoo ! CEO. Out on his ear and Greece. Perhaps even closer than ever to lead in the Euro -- So joining us how

   on. -- lineup the CEO that's been in the hot seat is Scott Thompson . Heading up Yahoo ! and he is now being forced to step down because he -- His resident may. Most of the issue here is that he has an accounting degree and at some point along the way it started to -- -- bio that he had a computer science and accounting degree. And there is an investor called third point it's a -- and that's headed up by Daniel Loeb. And they have been agitating for change at Yahoo ! and about a week ago they can now they said well how they're discrepancies. In his -- -- The company initially -- it was inadvertent and then they said were forming a committee to take a look. Well over the weekend it did put out a press release saying that he was leaving this kind of area there in the press release that's the whole bunch -- changes little talk about -- second. That the companies making the Wall Street Journal also reporting. That before he resigned Scott Thompson resigned he -- on some colleagues that he has thyroid cancer so we can also factor that -- as well. -- and and you know -- -- regardless for whatever he does or does not have on his resume. Yahoo ! has been struggling somewhat to get some leadership that come right -- he he's what the fourth CEO. It in five years. They have had a number so what third point has sat and didn't really -- -- they've built up this position five point 8% of Yahoo ! shares is. That the company is mismanaged. On the and -- the company in the stock lost a third of its value last year it's interesting is you know we know that. Re organizing how they are structured inside the company and firings were big part of what Scott Thompson -- -- in the stock has started to respond to that. But obviously not in recent weeks as the as this issue has come up so Daniel Loeb and to -- his kind of his people. Are now getting three board seats and they're gonna stop the proxy fight that they had been waging against -- Because they're now getting at -- say that they want on the board and several members. Of the Yahoo ! board are leaving here are so -- -- big changes may have only an interim CEO they haven't even figured out he's
4. 
   Private Businesses Hired 325,000 in December

   Thu, 5 Jan 2012

   headlines is Jeff is to break out. On Yahoo ! finance happy here Jeff great as we always do you got a new Yahoo !. Scott Thompson CEO effective next Monday I give they were gonna make a statement Yahoo ! was going to remain free standing

   Yahoo found at 0:09, 5:20, 7:56

   morning's business headlines is Jeff -- -- is to break out. On Yahoo ! finance happy here Jeff great to see in so desperate to see you happy new year so that was some breaking news

   bit here Jeff as we always do you got a new -- Yahoo !. -- -- Scott Thompson CEO effective next Monday I give us your thoughts on this it's getting a lot of. Press it's getting a lot of press it's a curious -- I'll be honest with you and again just between you and Iowa -- gonna -- this can't leave the room. But if they were gonna make a statement -- Yahoo ! was going to remain free standing there would have gone big guns here there would have -- with someone with a huge name. Yeah this boss may be it may may be a great -- -- in May be the reincarnation of Steve Jobs in terms of management. But we don't know yet so it's a clean slate form I still think it's -- was up for sale for the sum of the parts this really doesn't change anything. In terms of what Yahoo !'s got going on. There's got to keep the trains running on time until we come up with some transaction -- plan for

   point. We'll continue to watch it throughout the day Jeff MacKey of Yahoo !. Thanks so much Jeff have a great day. -- thank you YouTube.