Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorYahoo hired Tapan Bhat as president and GM of Yahoo Finance to oversee its financial and business vertical — marking the seasoned exec’s return to the internet media company after more than a decade.Bhat will report directly to Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone.
He starts at the company May 16 and will be based in San Jose, Calif.Most recently, Bhat spent the last three years advising startups and their boards.
Before that, he was chief product officer at NerdWallet, heading product and engineering, design, data, revenue and partnerships for the personal finance website.
He also served as chief product officer at Realtor.com, a division of News Corp. Bhat, and has held senior roles at Adobe Systems and Intuit.
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