楊致遠致雅虎員工的辭職信

To: all yahoos

致：全體雅虎員工

Fr: Jerry

自：傑瑞(楊致遠英文名)

yahoos:

雅虎員工們：

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.

我將告知你們大家我們剛剛宣佈的一條消息：董事會成員和我已經達成協議，將發起一項雅虎CEO職位的繼任程序。我們的董事會主席羅伊·博斯托克(roy bostock)將根據全體董事會成員的考慮，領導大家確定並評估可能的人選。董事會將評估並考慮公司內部及外部人選，並聘請著名獵頭公司Heidrick & Struggles來幫助我們。

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.

我也會參與到候選人的搜尋中，而且在繼任者未確定之前我還將繼續擔任雅虎公司CEO。一旦新任CEO人選確定，我將會回到以前“雅虎酋長”(Chief Yahoo)的位子並將繼續以董事會成員的身份爲雅虎服務。

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.

去年6月，我接受董事會的請求擔任CEO一職，負責對雅虎進行重組及公司進行重新定位，以便使得雅虎以更高的效率應對用戶和合作夥伴快速變化的需求。自從我擔任CEO以來，我就與董事會就繼任時間進行了持續的對話。感謝你們孜孜不倦的努力，我們已經創造了一個更加開放且更具競爭力的雅虎。因此，我認爲現在已經是時候把CEO的職位讓給能夠帶領公司邁上新臺階的人的時候了。

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.

儘管我們面臨的外部環境不容樂觀，但是雅虎已經與18個月前有了很大的不同，在很多方面也已經變得更加強大。因此我們更有必要利用目前的機會使公司的運營儘可能有效。我堅定的相信，通過平臺的轉變、成本和營收狀況的重新梳理，我們將能夠爲新任CEO提供一個獨特的窗口，以便他能夠更好的接管雅虎，並在今後面臨問題時，爲公司制定關鍵性的決策。

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.

正如你們大家所知，我一直、並且將永遠流淌着紫色(雅虎的代表色)的血液。對這家偉大的公司來說，我將永遠做我認爲正確的事情。儘管我此次的卸任會對所有人都產生一定的影響，但是我知道這是一個正確的抉擇。在這一過程中，一旦董事會有所進展，我將及時通知你們，我也將繼續盡我所能讓雅虎發揮出最大的潛力。

Thank you,

謝謝

Jerry

楊致遠