雅虎首席执行官杨致远周二发表博客文章，解释了他将会卸任雅虎首席执行官的原因。
杨致远在博客中特别指出,雅虎在过去的18个月成绩明显。雅虎现在已“再次连通网络”；雅虎的新广告平台已经发布，“雅虎认为这一广告平台将转变广告的在 线买卖方式”；雅虎仍然“是超过20类产品的第一或第二选择”。杨致远在文章最后还承诺，不论会遭受到什么样的批评，“我将是永远流淌着紫色血液的人”。 以下是杨致远博客全文：
To: all yahoos
Fr: Jerry
Subject: update
yahoos -
i wanted to address all of you on the news we’ve just announced. the board of directors and I have agreed to initiate a succession process for the ceo role of yahoo!. roy bostock, our chairman of the board, is leading the effort to identify and assess potential candidates for consideration by the full board. the board will be evaluating and considering both internal and external candidates and has retained heidrick and struggles to help in this effort.
i will be participating in the search for my successor, and i will continue as ceo until the board selects a new ceo. once a successor is named, i will return to my previous role as chief yahoo and continue to serve as a director on the board.
last june, i accepted the board’s request that i assume the ceo role to restructure and reposition the company as a whole in order to more effectively meet the fast-changing needs of both users and partners. since taking on the ceo role, i have had an ongoing dialogue with the board about succession timing. thanks in large measure to your tireless efforts, we have created a more open, competitive yahoo! and we believe the time is now right to transition to a new ceo who can take the company to the next level.
despite the external environment we face, the fact remains that yahoo! is now a significantly different company that is stronger in many ways than it was just 18 months ago. this only makes it all the more essential that we manage this opportunity to leverage the progress up to this point as effectively as possible. i strongly believe that having transformed our platform and better aligned costs and revenues, we have a unique window for the right ceo to take ownership over the next wave of mission-critical decisions facing the company.
all of you know that I have always, and will always bleed purple. i will always do what I think is right for this great company. while this step will be an adjustment for all of us, i know it’s the right one. i look forward to updating you on this process as soon as the board has developments to share, and will continue to do everything i can to make yahoo! fulfill its full potential.
thank you,
jerry
毫无疑问，看到这篇文章时你们早已不会再感到疑惑，因为我已决定在继任者被选举出来后，卸任公司首席执行官的职务。
自13年前同大卫·费罗创办雅虎之时，我一直对这家公司，她的品牌，她的员工和全球数亿把她当作是网络之家的用户充满了热情。这是我为什么在2007年6 月接受了公司董事会的要求，出任雅虎首席执行官。当时，整个产业都处于快速发展之中，我们需要对业务进行重新定为思考和重新组合。
尽管面临着困难的外部环境，但我确实认为，我们在把战略构想付诸于实施的行动中取得了切实的进步。最为重要的是，我们再次连通整个网络，使雅虎把大门向外部发行商和开发人员开放。我们已发布了一个广告平台，我们认为该平台将转变广告在线的买卖方式。我们的受众数量仍在增长– 雅虎仍然是是超过20类产品的第一或第二选择。在奥运会及总统选举等重大事件到来时，雅虎仍然是用户的第一选择。
现在我认为，已是为雅虎选举一位新领袖的正确时间。对我而言，在继任者上任之后，我将会继续出任“雅虎酋长”，并担任董事会董事。我将重新回到关注公司全球战略、产品性能 、技术创新的工作当中，与董事会和管理团队进行密切的配合，帮助雅虎展现出其全部的潜力。
过去的一年，对所有雅虎人而言都是特别的一年。我确实对全球雅虎人的决心和达观感到骄傲。我将是永远流淌着紫色血液的人。
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《商业周刊》：杨致远离职后微软或重提收购，
《商业周刊》周一发表文章称，杨致远的离去可能会将微软重新拉回谈判桌，再次提出对雅虎的收购提案.就在雅虎联合创始人兼CEO杨致远离职的传闻放出后不久，雅虎公司就正式对外发布了这一消息，而杨致远也通过发给员工的备忘录对此进行了确认。
