Yahoo’s Yang to step down as CEO Archives Published: November 18, 2008 Reading time: Less than 1 min. FacebookXWhatsAppLinkedinEmail After a bungled buyout offer from Microsoft, a deal with Google that fell apart and two rounds of layoffs, Jerry Yang is calling it quits and stepping aside as chief executive of the company he cofounded, Yahoo said Monday. FacebookXWhatsAppLinkedinEmail Related articles Arwen Tech Delivers HALO ITSM Training For National Bank Of Pakistan Teams Wired September 1, 2026 Critical Langflow And Ruby On Rails Vulnerabilities Face Active Exploitation Risk & Resilience September 1, 2026 OpenAI Improves Codex Efficiency And Resets Usage Limits For Paid Users Wired September 1, 2026 SI Global Solutions Signs Partnership With Jovision For AI Surveillance In Pakistan Wired September 1, 2026