Marissa Meyer was Yahoo's seventh CEO.

Was Marissa Mayer doomed to fail?

Only someone with the temperament and intuition of Steve Jobs could have turned round Yahoo.

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If successful Verizon is thought to be likely to replace Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer.

Google, Verizon pursue Yahoo's website

US phone company Verizon and Google are considering competing bids for Yahoo's web business, which could be worth $US11 billion ($14.5 billion).

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is the second best-paid tech CEO.

Yahoo investor presses for new board

Yahoo! investor Starboard Value nominated nine directors to replace the entire board at the struggling web portal, which it contends has been mismanaged by Marissa Mayer.

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