Yahoo taps PayPal president Thompson as CEO
Yahoo ’s board has prefer as the society ’s CEO Scott Thompson , president of eBay ’s PayPal , ending a four - month search after Carol Bartz was force out in other September . Tim Morse , Yahoo ’s interim CEO , will now go back full - time to his CFO role , the party allege in a statement on Wednesday . Thompson starts on Jan. 9 , at which time he will also take a seat on the party ’s display board ....