Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorYahoo, less than two weeks after officially separating from Verizon, announced digital media veteran Jim Lanzone as its new CEO.Lanzone, most recently CEO of Tinder and former head of CBS Interactive, will join Yahoo on Sept.
27, 2021. He will join the company less than a month after the close of the $5 billion deal to sell Verizon Media (renamed Yahoo) to Apollo Group.
Lanzone takes over for former Verizon Media chief Guru Gowrappan, who has been named a senior adviser to Apollo Group’s private equity business.“Jim has a remarkable track record of leading and growing innovative businesses in our industry, and we are thrilled to welcome him on board,” Yahoo chairman and Apollo partner Reed Rayman said in.
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