Yahoo has moved a little closer to naming its new chief executive, with at least two of the three candidates on the shortlist being women, according to reports.
People close to the situation had been guiding us to expect an announcement around the end of January on who will succeed Jerry Yang, but they now say it may come just ahead of Yahoo’s fourth-quarter results, scheduled for January 27.
Bloomberg reported today that Carol Bartz, (pictured) former chief executive of the design software company Autodesk, was one candidate, along with Sue Decker, Yahoo president, and another executive, whose identity has yet to emerge.
Arun Sarin, former Vodafone chief, withdrew from the running last month.
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft chief executive, told us at CES this week that the current management transition represented a good opportunity for a search deal to be struck with Yahoo.
