Yahoo: to be sold , unpredictable arena of the Internet
Yahoo: to be sold behind: unpredictable arena of the Internet
According to foreign media reports, Yahoo’s largest shareholder, U.S. hedge fund Third Point14, said, hopes to continue to Yahoo’s stock holdings in order to increase the voting rights of the chairman Roy • Persian Tok “drive out.” This was interpreted as Yahoo was “sold” the prelude.
According to reports Zhongguang Wang, co-founder Jerry Yang, Yahoo has begun negotiations with some bidders. Netscape founder and bid people, including venture capitalists • Mark Anderson, the former News Corp. executive Peter • Czerny and the U.S. private equity fund Providence Equity Partners.
There is currently widespread speculation, including Microsoft, facebook, and Alibaba, including six potential buyers. Some analysts believe that, once back in 2008, an olive branch to Yahoo, Microsoft will still enthusiastic about this acquisition. U.S. “Forbes” magazine online edition of the author said that this is entirely possible: Microsoft has launched a search partnership with Yahoo.
The search marketing director Wang Guanxiong is that the dog, facebook, 70% of the possible acquisition of Yahoo, the two sides complement each other more business, and Google are facing the common enemy.
The loudest voices in China than the Alibaba CEO Jack Ma. Known as “the world’s CEO” Jack Welch, the legendary management guru recently said publicly that “In my opinion, Ma should consider to acquire Yahoo.”
Some people feel that, even with the acquisition of Ma’s ambition of converting a success. Open Alliance founder Wang Yuquan that Ma and Yahoo, and Son of grievances not resolved, Sun and Yahoo shareholders will certainly prevent the acquisition of Alibaba.
According to the latest news Sina science and technology, private equity firms Silver Lake (Silver Lake) is considering the acquisition of Yahoo. Informed sources said that once the acquisition, Silver Lake to sell Yahoo’s Alibaba assets, efforts to reverse the decline Yahoo’s core business.
Years bumpy road
Difficult to imagine, today is facing the fate of Yahoo is sold once the late 20th century miracle of the Internet one of the creators. Yahoo’s Jerry Yang and classmate DAVID FILO by the 1994 launch, and the market in April 1996, the closing price reported on the first day of $ 33 per share to January 2000, the share price jump up to $ 118 per share.
This is because Yahoo uses a new business model: all Internet users free of charge by Yahoo, Yahoo offers a variety of classified information to the user, looking for businesses to advertising. “Free + open” business model for a time as the world’s integrated portal site template.
However, the technology is endless, the Terminator is the ultimate fate of the others is the end.
In the late 1990s, carrying a new Google search engine model turned out. This model not only can browse Benwang content, search technology, users can also use “link” to any other site. This model is clearly superior. Though Yahoo has launched its own search engine, but eventually be defeated.
Although the “big brother” passed their prime, but the value of Yahoo, Microsoft or a large customer base. And in January 2008 to acquire, plan to buy Yahoo $ 31 per share bid price was higher than Yahoo’s 62 percent. However, Yahoo founder Jerry Yang that the bid was “underestimated the value of Yahoo”, rejected Microsoft’s acquisition.
This decision was also considered to lead to Yahoo’s future is hard to “stand up” Today, Yahoo’s worth has shrunk by $ 20 billion.
Jerry Yang made in this “unwise” decision a year later, the Board announced in 2009, selected the “Queen of Silicon Valley,” said Carol Bartz succeed • Jerry Yang as CEO. Bartz reign is clearly no “back to the days of the surgery,” Yahoo’s advertising revenue has not been increased, placing him once Google, facebook later.
Bartz eventually became CEO two years in two years and eight months after the rush to be “call termination.”
Recalling the history of Yahoo, an early end to the identity of Terminator America Online, also tried to fourth-degree coaching change mid-term (there have been four-term CEO), several adjustments development model, but ultimately failed to get rid of or “For Sale” fate.
Can not but make people think, the Internet age who is always king?
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