Yahoo Co-Founder Jerry Yang Resigns

Departs to ‘pursue other interests’

It’s been a busy month for Yahoo.

Barely two weeks after naming former PayPal boss Scott Thompson its new CEO, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company announced today that co-founder Jerry Yang has resigned. Yang resigned from Yahoo’s board of directors, as well as the boards of Yahoo Japan Corp. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., effective today.

"My time at Yahoo, from its founding to the present, has encompassed some of the most exciting and rewarding experiences of my life.

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