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It's pretty unfair to say Mayer ruined anything. She didn't save Yahoo, but there is no evidence it was ever in a position to be saved by her.

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If a pet rock was installed as CEO instead of Mayer Yahoo would be a more valuable company today. She didn't ruin it, but she sure helped shove it off the cliff.

That is a fairly extreme position to put forth as an unsupported assertion.

What has she done to provide value to Yahoo shareholders? She has had many failed acquisitions, failed to navigate the Alibaba situation to expectations, failed to stem the brain drain and even punted and hired McKinsey to help with her tough reorg decisions.

When Mayer took over Yahoo, it was a poison chalice. I don't think anyone could have turned Yahoo around unless they were truly exceptional. For the truly exceptional, Yahoo would give them little benefit and they could do better elsewhere (financially and recognition wise).

Mayer's performance had nothing to do with her gender. I'm adding this statement to respond to some other peoples' comments.

I also wholly agree that diversity for diversity's sake is idiotic. Can't wait to read The Verge and Ars Technica spins on this one..

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