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Article: Yahoo's Decker wins praise for candor, intellect
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- December 9, 2006
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AFEW YEARS AGO, a Wall Street analyst challenged a forecast Yahoo
Chief Financial Officer Susan Decker was making about the Internet
giant's revenues.
If Yahoo made its number, it would snow in Sunnyvale, Lanny Baker
of Salomon Smith Barney mocked.
The next quarter Baker showed up at an all-hands meeting carrying
cold, white stuff from Tahoe.
"People trust her," said Lisa Nash, a former Yahoo marketing
executive. "They trust her when times are good, and they trust her
when times are bad."
On Tuesday, Yahoo announced a major reorganization that expanded
Decker's responsibility and appeared to put the 44-year-old
executive in line to be the company's next chief as Yahoo struggles
to ...