Monday, July 23, 2012

Former Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Lands New Job

Scott Thompson
The first of Yahoo's three CEOs for 2012 has found a new job. Scott Thompson, who was forced to leave Yahoo after allegedly misrepresenting his prior employment experience, is now the big banana at ShopRunner. Thompson's new firm provides "shipping perks from a variety of websites," according to a story in today's Mercury News.

Of course, most people who get caught lying about their resume generally don't get rehired a few weeks after the fact. I would think that would be especially true for a highly publicized case, such as Thompson's. However, the former Yahoo boss has many friends in the tech world. He also might be a value pick that ShopRunner's sharp-eyed owner may have plucked from the scrap heap.

Stranger things have happened on the road to reputational rehabilitation.

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