雅虎创始人杨致远辞职信

to: all yahoos

致雅虎全体人员：

i wanted to address all of you on the news we've just announced. the board of directors and i have agreed to initiate a succession process for the ceo role of yahoo. roy bostock, our chairman of the board, is leading the effort to identify and assess potential candidates for consideration by the full board. the board will be evaluating and considering both internal and external candidates and has retained heidrick and struggles to help in this effort.

我想通知大家大家刚公布的一条消息：我和监事会成员达成共识，将启动雅虎接任ceo的优选程序。他们的董事会主席roy bostock先生将充分考虑全体监事会成员的意见，确定并评定接任ceo的候选人。股东会将评估并考虑企业内外部的适合人选，并已委托海德思哲国际咨询公司帮助。

i will be participating in the search for my successor, and i will continue as ceo until the board selects a new ceo. once a successor is named, i will return to my previous role as chief yahoo and continue to serve as a director on the board.

我也将参加寻找我的接班人，在股东会推选更新的ceo前，我将继续出任ceo之职。一旦接班人人选确定，我将重归“雅虎族长” 称号，以监事会成员的身份继续为雅虎服务。

last june, i accepted the board's request that i assume the ceo role to restructure and reposition the company as a whole in order to more effectively meet the fast-changing needs of both users and partners. since taking on the ceo role, i have had an ongoing dialogue with the board about succession timing. thanks in large measure to your tireless efforts, we have created a more open, competitive yahoo! and we believe the time is now right to transition to a new ceo who can take the company to the next level.

上年6月，我接受了股东会的请求再次出任ceo一职，全面组织企业的重建和重新定位，我希望你能更为有效的满足顾客和合作伙伴快速变化的要求。自继任ceo 之职至今，我便与股东会就接任机会展开了不断对话。谢谢你们的不懈努力，我们创造了一个更开放、更有竞争力的雅虎。大家也相信，如今是时候将企业交给一位新的ceo，使他带领企业迈上新台阶。

despite the external environment we face, the fact remains that yahoo! is now a significantly different company that is stronger in many ways than it was just 18 months ago. this only makes it all the more essential that we manage this opportunity to leverage the progress up to this point as effectively as possible. i strongly believe that having transformed our platform and better aligned costs and revenues, we have a unique window for the right ceo to take ownership over the next wave of mission-critical decisions facing the company.

虽然大家面临艰难的外部环境，但事实却是，雅虎与18个多月拥有明显不同，现在的雅虎在许多层面都变得更强大。因而，大家更有必要运用现在的机遇使企业的经营更有效。我坚信，根据平台的转变、成本与收入的更好整理，我们能为新任ceo提供一个独特的窗口，便于他可以更好的接管雅虎，未来为企业制定出关键性的决策。

all of you know that i have always, and will always bleed purple. i will always do what i think is right for this great company. while this step will be an adjustment for all of us, i know it's the right one. i look forward to updating you on this process as soon as the board has developments to share, and will continue to do everything i can to make yahoo! fulfill its full potential.

一日雅虎人，终身流淌着紫色的血（紫色：雅虎的代表色）。大家都知道我就是这样的一个雅虎人。我也将一直为雅虎做我觉得正确的事情。虽然这次卸任对大家大家都是一个新的调节，但我相信这是正确的选择。本次的找寻接任ceo过程，一旦股东会有所进展，我可能及时通知大家。我也会竭尽全力让我们的雅虎发挥最大的潜力。

thank you,

感谢

jerry