A History of Yahoo!'s Six CEOs

Here's a brief overlook of each of Yahoo's chief executives through the years.
By Laurie Kulikowski ,

Did Yahoo!'s (YHOO) Marissa Mayer fail at leadership? According to TheStreet's Jim Cramer, the 41-year-old chief executive did not succeed in inspiring her employees.

After 20 years as a public company, Yahoo! will no longer be an independent company once Verizon Communications (VZ) - Get Report completes its acquisition of the former Internet giant. Paying $4.8 billion, Verizon plans to incorporate Yahoo! with its AOL division.

Despite its historic place in the country's tech boom-and-bust cycles, Yahoo! has had six CEOs since it incorporated and each executive had a similar set of challenges -- primarily, to stave off the growing competition from Alphabet (GOOGL) - Get Report , Facebook (FB) - Get Report  and other tech behemoths that passed by the company.

According to data from TheStreet affiliate BoardEx, Yahoo! has also had 47 directors since 1995, which is considered a high level of turnover. It has 11 directors right now, which includes Mayer and the Chairman Maynard Webb.

Here's a brief overlook of each of Yahoo!'s chief executives through the years.

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