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She is a rising star before joining Yahoo, and she basically turns Yahoo from a 20B company into a 5B one, and rewarded with a huge chunk of money for leaving t

She is a rising star before joining Yahoo, and she basically turns Yahoo from a 20B company into a 5B one, and rewarded with a huge chunk of money for leaving the company. And among all those astounding achievements, you only think people are judging her because she is a female, you must being living in a bubble.

vocatus_gate 9y ago
It's because for some reason these days people have this bizarre obsession to shoehorn gender into everything, regardless the relevance.
xordon 9y ago
All the talk prior to MM taking over Yahoo was that it was worth less than its stake in Alibaba. ie. Yahoo had a negative value. I think it is probably more correct that she grew the value of Yahoo significantly, ~0 -> 4.5B Accusing anyone who disagree's with you as being a sexist/anti-sexist or whatever isn't helpful.
- tanilama 9y ago
  I disagree that her criticism is gender motivated. I doubt that Yahoo worth negative value with all the engineers they hire and assets they control, without Alibaba's stock. From another perspective, she doesn't really bring Yahoo back on track, that market thinks it is worthless without Alibaba's stock. As a CEO and a high profile one, that is a definitely a failure.
  - pessimizer 9y ago
    > I doubt that Yahoo worth negative value with all the engineers they hire and assets they control, without Alibaba's stock. That's not a matter of opinion. The worth of the company and the worth of the Alibaba stock it held were common knowledge, and subtracting one from the other resulted in a negative number.
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- opo 9y ago
  >..I think it is probably more correct that she grew the value of Yahoo significantly, ~0 -> 4.5B The market value of the company almost always is not equal to what the company could sell itself for to another company - sometimes more, sometimes less. If you think the value of Yahoo’s assets were actually negative back then, do a thought experiment - let’s say 4 years ago Yahoo decides to sell the Yahoo assets to another company - do you think they would have to pay another company to take the Yahoo front page, mail etc? In this case, the board would have likely gotten much more for the shareholders by keeping Alibaba and selling the rest rather than hire Mayer. I don't know the numbers for sure, but with the security breaches, web site redesigns and inability to get ahead of technology trends, I think user engagement with the Yahoo web sites is likely less than when she started.
fjdlwlv 9y ago
She was a falling start before joinging Yahoo, having been demoted from.her previous senior VP role
Bakary 9y ago
From a cynical point of view, that is indeed an astounding achievement. No amount of negative judgment will take away her fortune.

vocatus_gate 9y ago

It's because for some reason these days people have this bizarre obsession to shoehorn gender into everything, regardless the relevance.

xordon 9y ago

All the talk prior to MM taking over Yahoo was that it was worth less than its stake in Alibaba. ie. Yahoo had a negative value. I think it is probably more correct that she grew the value of Yahoo significantly, ~0 -> 4.5B Accusing anyone who disagree's with you as being a sexist/anti-sexist or whatever isn't helpful.

tanilama 9y ago
I disagree that her criticism is gender motivated. I doubt that Yahoo worth negative value with all the engineers they hire and assets they control, without Alibaba's stock. From another perspective, she doesn't really bring Yahoo back on track, that market thinks it is worthless without Alibaba's stock. As a CEO and a high profile one, that is a definitely a failure.
- pessimizer 9y ago
  > I doubt that Yahoo worth negative value with all the engineers they hire and assets they control, without Alibaba's stock. That's not a matter of opinion. The worth of the company and the worth of the Alibaba stock it held were common knowledge, and subtracting one from the other resulted in a negative number.
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opo 9y ago
>..I think it is probably more correct that she grew the value of Yahoo significantly, ~0 -> 4.5B The market value of the company almost always is not equal to what the company could sell itself for to another company - sometimes more, sometimes less. If you think the value of Yahoo’s assets were actually negative back then, do a thought experiment - let’s say 4 years ago Yahoo decides to sell the Yahoo assets to another company - do you think they would have to pay another company to take the Yahoo front page, mail etc? In this case, the board would have likely gotten much more for the shareholders by keeping Alibaba and selling the rest rather than hire Mayer. I don't know the numbers for sure, but with the security breaches, web site redesigns and inability to get ahead of technology trends, I think user engagement with the Yahoo web sites is likely less than when she started.

fjdlwlv 9y ago

She was a falling start before joinging Yahoo, having been demoted from.her previous senior VP role

Bakary 9y ago

From a cynical point of view, that is indeed an astounding achievement. No amount of negative judgment will take away her fortune.