Susan Lynne Decker (born November 17, 1962) is an American businesswoman. She was president of Yahoo! Inc in 2007 and 2008, leading the operations of the company while Jerry Yang was chief executive officer.[1] In 2017, Decker co-founded a social networking platform called Raftr.[2][3]
Prior to joining Yahoo, she worked at the U.S. investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette for 14 years.[4] She spent 12 years as an equity research analyst, providing coverage to institutional investors on more than 30 media, publishing, and advertising stocks.[5] In this capacity, she was listed by Institutional Investor magazine as a top rated analyst for ten consecutive years.[5] She subsequently became the global director of equity research, a $300 million operation.[4]
Yahoo!edit
Decker was the president of Yahoo! from 2007-2009. Prior to that, she was the chief financial officer and executive vice-president of finance and administration of Yahoo from 2000 to 2007.[6] From 2006 to 2007 she was executive vice president of the Advertiser and Publisher Group in addition to her CFO responsibilities,[7] where she led a consortium with the newspaper industry, and launched a display ad platform.[8]
Decker was under consideration as CEO during Jerry Yang's CEO leadership,[9] when the company was receiving a takeover offer from Microsoft. Decker drove a proposed search deal with Google as an alternative to a transaction with Microsoft, but this was rejected by the U.S. Justice Department as a breach of United States antitrust law.[10] The company asked Yang to resign, and for the board to select an outside candidate for the CEO position.[11] Decker announced her intention to resign from the company on January 13, 2009, following the appointment of Carol Bartz as CEO.[12]
In the fall of 2009, Decker became an Entrepreneur In Residence at the Harvard Business School, working with students in their own ventures and helping to develop and deliver the entrepreneurship-focused curriculum of the school's Immersion Experience Program.[17]
In 2017, Decker joined the board of directors for SurveyMonkey.[3]
Other careeredit
Decker founded Raftr, a communication and community building platform for universities in 2018.[18] The app's name stems from the idea of the otter: "Otters travel in rafts — social groups of two to 100 that float together,” Decker said. “On Raftr, students can find others with common interests and get informed with what's happening on campus."
Awards and recognitionedit
On September 30, 2010, Decker received Harvard Business School's Alumni Achievement Award.[19]
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Susan Lynne Decker born November 17 1962 is an American businesswoman She was president of Yahoo Inc in 2007 and 2008 leading the operations of the company while Jerry Yang was chief executive officer 1 In 2017 Decker co founded a social networking platform called Raftr 2 3 Susan DeckerSusan Decker at Yahoo all hands meeting 2008Born 1962 11 17 November 17 1962 age 61 Memphis Tennessee U S NationalityAmericanOther namesSue Decker Susan L Decker Susan Lynne DeckerAlma materTufts University Harvard UniversityOccupation s President Yahoo Inc Contents 1 Career 1 1 Investment Research 1 2 Yahoo 1 3 Post Yahoo directorships 2 Other career 3 Awards and recognition 4 Personal life 5 References 6 External linksCareer editInvestment Research edit Decker received her Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and economics from Tufts University and a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School She is also a Chartered Financial Analyst Prior to joining Yahoo she worked at the U S investment bank Donaldson Lufkin amp Jenrette for 14 years 4 She spent 12 years as an equity research analyst providing coverage to institutional investors on more than 30 media publishing and advertising stocks 5 In this capacity she was listed by Institutional Investor magazine as a top rated analyst for ten consecutive years 5 She subsequently became the global director of equity research a 300 million operation 4 Yahoo edit Decker was the president of Yahoo from 2007 2009 Prior to that she was the chief financial officer and executive vice president of finance and administration of Yahoo from 2000 to 2007 6 From 2006 to 2007 she was executive vice president of the Advertiser and Publisher Group in addition to her CFO responsibilities 7 where she led a consortium with the newspaper industry and launched a display ad platform 8 Decker was under consideration as CEO during Jerry Yang s CEO leadership 9 when the company was receiving a takeover offer from Microsoft Decker drove a proposed search deal with Google as an alternative to a transaction with Microsoft but this was rejected by the U S Justice Department as a breach of United States antitrust law 10 The company asked Yang to resign and for the board to select an outside candidate for the CEO position 11 Decker announced her intention to resign from the company on January 13 2009 following the appointment of Carol Bartz as CEO 12 Post Yahoo directorships edit Decker is on the boards of directors of Berkshire Hathaway 13 SurveyMonkey 14 Costco 15 and Vail Resorts She was on the board of directors of Pixar Animation Studios from June 2004 to May 2006 until its sale to The Walt Disney Company and on the board of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research from March 2005 to May 2007 She was named a Trustee of Save The Children in March 2010 16 In the fall of 2009 Decker became an Entrepreneur In Residence at the Harvard Business School working with students in their own ventures and helping to develop and deliver the entrepreneurship focused curriculum of the school s Immersion Experience Program 17 In 2017 Decker joined the board of directors for SurveyMonkey 3 Other career editDecker founded Raftr a communication and community building platform for universities in 2018 18 The app s name stems from the idea of the otter Otters travel in rafts social groups of two to 100 that float together Decker said On Raftr students can find others with common interests and get informed with what s happening on campus Awards and recognition editOn September 30 2010 Decker received Harvard Business School s Alumni Achievement Award 19 Personal life editDecker grew up in Denver Colorado 5 Decker is divorced has three children and lives in San Francisco California References edit Helft Miguel 2007 07 01 Can She Turn Yahoo Into Well Google The New York Times Retrieved 2007 07 02 CNBC Ex Yahoo exec Susan Decker Trust is eroding in Silicon Valley and leaders need to get ahead of it CNBC 4 May 2018 a b SurveyMonkey SurveyMonkey Adds Susan Decker to Board of Directors a b Prince CJ 2007 10 26 Crossing Over Institutional Investor Retrieved 2016 11 29 a b c Susan Decker appointed to Vail Resorts board of directors Vail Resorts 2015 09 28 Retrieved 2016 11 29 Yahoo s Rising Star Forbes 2006 11 16 Retrieved 2006 11 15 Will CFO Decker Take the Reins at Yahoo Retrieved 2006 12 08 Yahoo Launches Major Upgrade Retrieved 2008 09 24 Sources Yahoo s Decker a strong contender for CEO Retrieved 2009 01 08 Sue Decker Makes the Yahoogle Case and Finally Gets It Right Retrieved 2008 09 27 Yang steps aside as Yahoo seeks new CEO Retrieved 2008 11 17 Sue Decker s Goodbye Memo to the Yahoo Troops Retrieved 2009 01 14 BRK Board of Directors Archived from the original on July 9 2012 Retrieved 2010 10 24 SurveyMonkey Adds Susan Decker to Board of Directors Retrieved 2018 11 30 Costco Investor Relations Retrieved 2010 10 24 Board of Trustees Retrieved 2010 03 01 Vascellaro Jessica E 2009 09 09 Yahoo Ex President Returns to Harvard The Wall Street Journal Retrieved 2010 06 28 Private Company Director SurveyMonkey Adds Another Woman Director Harvard Business School Presents Alumni Achievement Awards Retrieved 2010 10 24 External links editdeckposts net The Women of Berkshire Hathaway Lessons from Warren Buffett s Female CEOs and Directors by Karen Linder nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Susan Decker Business positions Preceded byTerry Semelas Chief Executive Officer President of Yahoo 2007 2009 Succeeded byCarol Bartzas Chief Executive Officer Preceded byJerry Yangas Chief Yahoo Preceded byDavid Filoas Chief Yahoo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Susan Decker amp oldid 1147956560, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
