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Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson Resigns From Splunk Board
Former PayPal president Scott Thompson recently resigned from Yahoo! as CEO because of a false résumé and because he has thyroid cancer. His résumé claimed that he had a degree in Accounting and Computer Science from Stonehill College, but he actually only has a degree in Accounting. Former Yahoo! EVP Ross Levinsohn is now interim CEO. Thompson is now no longer on the board of directors at Splunk, a company that analyzes big chunks of enterprise data and generates reports. Below is a statement from Splunk.
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Scott Thompson Tells Board He Was Diagnosed With Thyroid Cancer
Former Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson told the company board of directors and several colleagues that he has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer according to several people familiar with the situation. The Wall Street Journal learned of this information from several sources. The cancer diagnosis was disclosed by Thompson late last week. The diagnosis had occurred in recent days and the board is also investigating why Thompson’s resume included an academic record that erroneously included a computer science degree.
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Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson Stepping Down After Resume Scandal
Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson is stepping down from the company. Ross Levinsohn will become the interim CEO at the company. Thompson is stepping down amidst a controversy revolving around his online resume. His bio on Yahoo!’s and former employer eBay said that he had a computer science and accounting degree when it was actually only in accounting. When the official announcement is made, he will likely cite “personal reasons” for stepping down. Yahoo!’s board of directors are going to reach a settlement with Dan Loeb, the shareholder that discovered Thompson’s degree was fake. Fred Amoroso will be named chairman of Yahoo!’s board and the five directors on Yahoo!’s board will step down immediately.
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Scott Thompson’s Explanation For Resume Glitch
Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson is now offering an explanation to employees why his official Yahoo! and eBay bios was inaccurate. On Thompson’s eBay and Yahoo! bios, it was written that Thompson had a degree in computer science and accounting from Stonehill College. However he just has a degree in accounting. Thompson told employees that before he was hired at eBay in 2005, he interviewed with an executive placement firm.
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Dan Loeb Sends A Letter Again To Have Scott Thompson CEO Fired
Third Point founder and Yahoo! activist shareholder Daniel Loeb has released a new letter about the resume controversy surrounding Scott Thompson. In the letter, he requested the firing of Scott Thompson. “It seems farcical to us that the Board will most likely spend more time deliberating over whether Mr. Thompson should be fired than it did properly vetting whether he should have been hired,” states the letter. “The necessary investigation into whether certain senior executives and Board Members knew of Mr. Thompson’s deceptions before hiring him should not delay decisive action over his ethical breaches.”
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Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson Issues Apology To Employees
After several days, Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson has issued an apology to employees over the inaccurate information in his resume. The inaccurate information has been on his bio since he worked for eBay in 2004 and it was copied and pasted over to his bio at Yahoo! Thompson’s bio said that he had a degree in Computer Science and Accounting from Stonehill College, but he actually only has an Accounting degree from there. Yahoo! shareholder activist and founder of Third Point Dan Loeb discovered the discrepancy and issued a letter to have Thompson’s resume investigated. Below is the letter from Thompson:
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Yahoo! Board Still Weighing Options Over CEO Scott Thompson’s Resume
The Yahoo! board of directors are still deliberating over how to handle CEO Scott Thompson’s falsified resume. “I am sure you have seen the reports of questions raised regarding my undergraduate degree,” Thompson wrote in an e-mail this past Friday that was sent to employees. “As we said yesterday, the board is reviewing the matter and, upon completion of its review, will make an appropriate disclosure to shareholders. In the meantime, I’m doing what I hope all of you are doing — staying focused on our customers, our shareholders, our team and moving Yahoo forward, fast.”
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Yahoo! Board To Review Scott Thompson’s Inaccurate Bio
Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson was caught red-handed for lying about his resume on his bio at Yahoo! and at PayPal. He claimed to have an Accounting and Computer Science degree from Stonehill College. However he actually just has an Accounting degree from there.
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Dan Loeb Confirms Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson Did Not Have A Computer Science Degree
Dan Loeb of Third Point is known for his proxy battle against Yahoo!’s board of directors. Recently in a letter to Yahoo!’s board of directors, Loeb wrote that Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson has inaccurately added a computer science degree to his resume. Yahoo! confirmed that Loeb is right and they called it an “inadvertent error” according to AllThingsD.
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Yahoo! Slightly Beats The Streets This Quarter
Yahoo! Inc. has beat Wall Street’s estimates in their first quarter earnings report today with revenues of $1.08 billion. This is a 28% gain from a year ago. Analysts were expecting Yahoo! to report revenues of $1.06 billion.
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