After Bartz, Armstrong Looks to Be Next
Yesterday, after two years as CEO of the ever-shrinking Internet giant Yahoo, Carol Bartz emailed employees, letting them know that she’d just been fired over the phone. That call should have sent shivers down the spine of AOL’s CEO of two years, Tim Armstrong. According to some industry observers, he’s next. There are, of course, many comparisons between the two beleaguered executives. Both Bartz and Armstrong were well-regarded in their previous jobs. Bartz was the pragmatic, tough-talking head of Autodesk, while Armstrong was the charismatic and highly effective ...
8 September 2011•4 mins read
