Can Susan Decker fire up Yahoo as its new president?

Iria · Jul 1, 2007, 04:00 PM

Source: IHT
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In her ascent from financial analyst to head of research at a major Wall Street brokerage firm to chief financial officer and now president of Yahoo, Decker's smarts and acumen have drawn praise from other well-known business leaders - including Steven Jobs and Craig Barrett, who named her to the boards of Pixar Animation Studios and Intel, respectively, and Hamilton James, president of Blackstone Group.

Now Decker's abilities will be tested as never before. Along with the Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, 38, who stepped in as chief executive last month in a management shakeup, Decker, 44, faces the daunting challenge of pulling Yahoo from under the shadow of Google, rebuilding morale inside the company, attracting new top-notch recruits and, maybe hardest of all, delivering far better results for Yahoo's long-suffering investors. The company's shares are trading at around $27, down 37 percent from a high of more than $43 in January 2006.

Jul 1, 2007, 04:00 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Can Susan Decker fire up Yahoo as its new president? Source: IHT ________ In her ascent from financial analyst to head of research at a major Wall Street brokerage firm to chief financial officer and now president of Yahoo, Decker's smarts and acumen have drawn praise from other well-known business leaders - including Steven Jobs and Craig Barrett, who named her to the boards of Pixar Animation Studios and Intel, respectively, and Hamilton James, president of Blackstone Group. Now Decker's abilities will be tested as never before. Along with the Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, 38, who stepped in as chief executive last month in a management shakeup, Decker, 44, faces the daunting challenge of pulling Yahoo from under the shadow of Google, rebuilding morale inside the company, attracting new top-notch recruits and, maybe hardest of all, delivering far better results for Yahoo's long-suffering investors. The company's shares are trading at around $27, down 37 percent from a high of more than $43 in January 2006.