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Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by metaphorm on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @02:15PM (#14547163)
> And if any CEO should be burned at a stake, shouldn't it be that guy that refused to sell Yahoo for 47 billion to Microsoft?

That was Jerry Yang, a co-founder of Yahoo. And yes, he was "burned at the stake". He was fired from the CEO job within months of tanking that deal.

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Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by needlessly on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @10:16AM (#14552866)
Jerry also bought the Alibaba shares in 2001 which is the reason why Yahoo is even alive.

After he left, Yahoo made the mistake of selling half of the Alibaba which are worth $36 Billion.

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