Yahoo misses profit expectations in what could be its last-ever earnings report

Re:Yahoo misses profit expectations in what could be its las... by dredmorbius on Monday July 18, 2016 @11:12PM (#12119321)

I'd like to see a woman hired as CEO for whom the principle talking point isn't that she's female.

I don't fucking care.

Be competent. Be a decent person.

Meg Whitman is a horrible person from everything I've seen. She's managed not to kill what's left with HP after Carly Fiorina drove it into the ground.

I meant to search for "most notable (female|woman) tech ceo", but left out the gender qualification.

A top 10 list fails to include any women:

http://mashable.com/2014/03/21/top-tech-ceos/#WNfESM0rbqqN

A list of 13 likewise:

http://www.businessinsider.com/13-most-popular-tech-company-...

A slideshow item I refuse to link on principle lists Alibaba, HP, Oracle (co-CEO), IBM, Xerox, Yahoo, YouTube, and ... um, one other I've now forgotten, fuck the slideshow very much. Oh, AMD. None of which are startups.

Women hold 23 CEO positions (4.3%) of the S&P 500, four of which I've already mentioned:

http://www.catalyst.org/knowledge/women-ceos-sp-500

http://www.businessinsider.com/13-most-popular-tech-company-...

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Re:Yahoo misses profit expectations in what could be its las... by danso on Monday July 18, 2016 @11:23PM (#12119357)

I think we'd all love to see the day when a woman reaching the position of Fortune 500 isn't news. As much as we might argue how much of Mayer's meteoric rise was because of her being a woman, I think it's outweighed by the fact that when she fucks up, she has to bear the burden of being the latest face of female inferiority.

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