New CEO's Pregancy Not an Issue for Yahoo Board

All Things D writes, In weighing the selection of Marissa Mayer as its new CEO, sources close to the board of Yahoo said that it did not consider or even discuss the fact that she had informed them — as part of the process — that she was pregnant. The issue is an interesting one, since she will be the first tech CEOs appointed who is having a child relatively soon after she has taken what is a very difficult job in turning around the troubled Silicon Valley Internet giant. “It was not part of the consideration,” said one person close to the situation. “Like every other professional...

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