DITH Nov 17 – Jerry Yang Steps down

2008 – After battle upon battle between Microsoft, Google and shareholders (including Carl Icahn), Jerry Yang finally announced to all he was stepping down. The previous days, Yahoo had hit it’s lowest share price, $8. With that, the failed Google affiliation (due to antitrust issues), and a very despondent group of investors, Jerry felt it best to step back in his roll.

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