of yahoo expected to name carol bartz as new ceo

Yahoo expected to name Carol Bartz as new CEO: Yahoo is close to naming Carol A. Bartz as its new CEO to replace Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang.


Carol Bartz

Yahoo is close to naming Silicon Valley software veteran Carol A. Bartz as its new CEO, according to people familiar with the matter. The company hopes to announce her hire after the stock market closes today. Bartz, the 60-year-old former chief executive of design-software-maker Autodesk, appears to have beaten a host of internal and outside candidates to land one of Silicon Valley's most high-profile and challenging jobs. If the deal is finalized as expected, she will take over for Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, who will remain on the Sunnyvale, Calif., company's board.