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She was tasked to use the Alibaba money to put together a new Yahoo that would work after many many years of Yahoo not working, what she did was buy a lot of stuff spending a lot of money to put together a Yahoo that still did not work. But she sold the core business for almost $5 billion, a lot more than most people before now thought it was worth.
Is that a win?
I say no, because she did not get the job done that she was brought in to do, getting the stockholders more money in a sale than they expected goes into the "it could have been worse" category.
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Reports: Marissa Mayer Thisclose To Getting Verizon To Pay $5B For What’s Left Of Yahoo | DealbreakerMarissa “Evita Breadsticks” Mayer has been to hell and back but, by gum, she has capitulated to raging shareholders pushed forward and is now poised to pull off a massive deal by offloading the charred remains of Yahoo for a nice round figure. But since this is Marissa Mayer selling Yahoo, what exactly is Verizon buying?
The deal doesn’t include the company’s patents at this stage, the person said. While other assets including Yahoo’s real estate were also on the block, it could not immediately be learned if they are part of the deal.
So, no patents, no Alibaba stock, no Yahoo Japan, but you do get land? This is a new kind of tech deal.
Is that a win?
I say no, because she did not get the job done that she was brought in to do, getting the stockholders more money in a sale than they expected goes into the "it could have been worse" category.
What Say You?