Yahoo! Loses Its Chief Technology Officer
Yahoo!'s chief technology officer and chief product officer Ari Balogh is leaving the company.
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (
) --
Yahoo!'s
(YHOO)
chief technology officer and chief product officer Ari Balogh is leaving the company.
Yahoo!, in a statement, said Balogh was leaving for personal reasons but would remain with the company through June 3.
Yahoo! said it expects to name Balogh's replacement in the coming weeks.
The news of Balogh's departure was first reported by
BoomTown
, a blog from the
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BoomTown
, citing several sources, says the leading candidate for Balogh's job at Yahoo! is former
Microsoft
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executive Blake Irving.
-- Reported by Joseph Woelfel in New York.
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