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Highly unlikely she will get another CEO job. She has made a lot of money from Yahoo and Google. She will most likely become a VC and funding startups that have

Highly unlikely she will get another CEO job. She has made a lot of money from Yahoo and Google. She will most likely become a VC and funding startups that have design angle.

xyzzy4 11y ago
Why will she become a VC? So she can waste her money? VC has the worst returns out of any investment class. If you mean invest other people's money as a VC, then maybe, but I haven't seen her show any interest in that.
- w1ntermute 11y ago
  VC is where high-profile tech execs are put out to pasture (see: Marc Andreessen, Dick Costolo, Reid Hoffman, Phil Libin, Peter Thiel). You won't see Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos becoming a VC any time soon (or probably ever). And of course she will be investing other people's money, not her own.
  - hiddencost 11y ago
    http://www.bezosexpeditions.com/ http://www.bezosexpeditions.com/ Bezos runs a VC. (With Bezos, it's super dangerous to say he won't do X; chances are he's got a 30 minute meeting scheduled for 2am Sunday morning to review his X operation.)
    - w1ntermute 11y ago
      Just because Bezos makes some investments doesn't make him a VC ('runs a VC,' as you put it, isn't the same thing and also isn't really accurate). His primary job is running Amazon, and the idea that he's got his hands in all kinds of pies ('it's dangerous to say he won't do X') is just an illusion he's been very successful at creating.
      - AndrewUnmuted 11y ago
        Online retail, cloud and networking services, original content creation, audiovisual content distribution services, video games, mobile phones, eBooks, audiobooks, video codecs, self-publishing, service marketplaces, freight/shipment services, money transfer services, grocery delivery... I don't believe you are correct to say that Bezos/Amazon are only successful at creating the illusion of diversification. Amazon's encroachment into many different fields is baked right into the company's business model. Source: I worked for Audible, an Amazon subsidiary, for four years.
        gohrt 11y ago
        ... newspaper/website, rocket ships, ...
    - wehadfun 11y ago
      same issue as expert exchange url
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    - sharkweek 11y ago
      We track his firm in our platform - they've made some pretty solid investments in the past two years and co-invested with some heavy hitters. http://imgur.com/ZLmV68b http://imgur.com/ZLmV68b
      - mcintyre1994 11y ago
        Biotech has some gigantic "early stage" raises - is that typical?
        sharkweek 11y ago
        Yah, pretty common - very hard to get off the ground and require a ton of cash early, but boy oh boy when they pay out...
- randycupertino 11y ago
  VC is what bored rich people do when they want to still feel relevant but not actually have to work any more.
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simonswords82 11y ago
I think more important is the fact that she probably doesn't need another job. She's worth $380 million apparently - why would she bother?
- perseusprime11 11y ago
  You'll be surprised. For some people $380m is not enough especially you know when Jack over at Twitter and Zucker over at Facebook have more money.
- SEJeff 11y ago
  And Larry Ellison is worth what, 40billion or something silly? He still works like a beast at Oracle every day.
  - jonknee 11y ago
    Working at the company you founded and is one of the most successful in history is a lot different than riding Yahoo into the ground and trying to find another gig.
- product50 11y ago
  It is not about the money anymore. That milestone was left far behind even before she joined Yahoo - she was worth $250M then. It is about power.
slantyyz 11y ago
Well, if she can't "get" another CEO job, she can just create one. She's got enough money and contacts to simply start her own company and be its CEO.
charlesdm 11y ago
It is easier for a "failed" CEO to become CEO of a new company, than it is for a non CEO to become a CEO (of a publicly traded company of significant size)

Highly unlikely she will get another CEO job. She has made a lot of money from Yahoo and Google. She will most likely become a VC and funding startups that have design angle.

xyzzy4 11y ago

Why will she become a VC? So she can waste her money? VC has the worst returns out of any investment class. If you mean invest other people's money as a VC, then maybe, but I haven't seen her show any interest in that.

w1ntermute 11y ago
VC is where high-profile tech execs are put out to pasture (see: Marc Andreessen, Dick Costolo, Reid Hoffman, Phil Libin, Peter Thiel). You won't see Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos becoming a VC any time soon (or probably ever). And of course she will be investing other people's money, not her own.
- hiddencost 11y ago
  http://www.bezosexpeditions.com/ http://www.bezosexpeditions.com/ Bezos runs a VC. (With Bezos, it's super dangerous to say he won't do X; chances are he's got a 30 minute meeting scheduled for 2am Sunday morning to review his X operation.)
  - w1ntermute 11y ago
    Just because Bezos makes some investments doesn't make him a VC ('runs a VC,' as you put it, isn't the same thing and also isn't really accurate). His primary job is running Amazon, and the idea that he's got his hands in all kinds of pies ('it's dangerous to say he won't do X') is just an illusion he's been very successful at creating.
    - AndrewUnmuted 11y ago
      Online retail, cloud and networking services, original content creation, audiovisual content distribution services, video games, mobile phones, eBooks, audiobooks, video codecs, self-publishing, service marketplaces, freight/shipment services, money transfer services, grocery delivery... I don't believe you are correct to say that Bezos/Amazon are only successful at creating the illusion of diversification. Amazon's encroachment into many different fields is baked right into the company's business model. Source: I worked for Audible, an Amazon subsidiary, for four years.
      - gohrt 11y ago
        ... newspaper/website, rocket ships, ...
  - wehadfun 11y ago
    same issue as expert exchange url
  - deleted 11y ago
    [deleted]
  - sharkweek 11y ago
    We track his firm in our platform - they've made some pretty solid investments in the past two years and co-invested with some heavy hitters. http://imgur.com/ZLmV68b http://imgur.com/ZLmV68b
    - mcintyre1994 11y ago
      Biotech has some gigantic "early stage" raises - is that typical?
      - sharkweek 11y ago
        Yah, pretty common - very hard to get off the ground and require a ton of cash early, but boy oh boy when they pay out...
randycupertino 11y ago
VC is what bored rich people do when they want to still feel relevant but not actually have to work any more.
- deleted 11y ago
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simonswords82 11y ago

I think more important is the fact that she probably doesn't need another job. She's worth $380 million apparently - why would she bother?

perseusprime11 11y ago
You'll be surprised. For some people $380m is not enough especially you know when Jack over at Twitter and Zucker over at Facebook have more money.
SEJeff 11y ago
And Larry Ellison is worth what, 40billion or something silly? He still works like a beast at Oracle every day.
- jonknee 11y ago
  Working at the company you founded and is one of the most successful in history is a lot different than riding Yahoo into the ground and trying to find another gig.
product50 11y ago
It is not about the money anymore. That milestone was left far behind even before she joined Yahoo - she was worth $250M then. It is about power.

slantyyz 11y ago

Well, if she can't "get" another CEO job, she can just create one. She's got enough money and contacts to simply start her own company and be its CEO.

charlesdm 11y ago

It is easier for a "failed" CEO to become CEO of a new company, than it is for a non CEO to become a CEO (of a publicly traded company of significant size)