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词条 Scott Thompson (businessman)
释义

  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

     ShopRunner  Yahoo!  College degree controversy  PayPal  Visa  Awards 

  3. Cancer diagnosis

  4. References

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Scott Thompson (born November 13, 1957) is an American businessman, and currently CEO of Tuition.io.[1] Previously, he was Chief Executive Officer of ShopRunner.

Early life and education

Thompson was born November 13, 1957, in Taunton, Massachusetts, and grew up in nearby Raynham. He was an accounting major from Stonehill College, a private Catholic school in Easton, Massachusetts.[2]

Career

ShopRunner

Thompson joined the online-shopping service ShopRunner as CEO in July 2012[3] and left in July 2016.[4]

Yahoo!

In early April 2012, Thompson announced and executed a plan to reduce Yahoo!'s 14,000 employees by 2,000, or 14% of the workforce.[5] Several executives left Yahoo! just before the layoffs began.[6][7]

On March 14, 2012, Yahoo! filed a patent lawsuit against Facebook over ten patents.[8][9] Facebook responded with a countersuit.[10][11]

College degree controversy

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Yahoo! hired Thompson as CEO in January 2012.[12] On May 3, 2012, activist investor Dan Loeb, CEO of Third Point LLC, sent a letter to Yahoo’s Board of Directors and made the contents of the letter public in a press release.[13] The letter cites a Yahoo! SEC filing stating that Thompson "holds a Bachelor's degree in accounting and computer science" from Stonehill College and that Loeb had reason to believe that the degree was "in accounting only". Loeb questioned if Thompson had "embellished his academic credentials" and questioned if the Board had "failed to exercise appropriate diligence and oversight in one of its most fundamental tasks – identifying and hiring the Chief Executive Officer."

Yahoo!'s filings with the SEC stated that Thompson "holds a Bachelor’s degree in accounting and computer science from Stonehill College". However, the 2008–10 proxy statements of eBay, Thompson's former employer, only noted an accounting degree.[14] Yahoo! initially acknowledged the misstatement as "an inadvertent error",[15] then subsequently began an investigation.[16] Stonehill College responded to press inquiries by stating that Thompson was granted a B.S.B.A. degree in Accounting.

On May 13, 2012, Yahoo! issued a press release stating that Thompson was no longer with the company, and would immediately be replaced on an interim basis by Ross Levinsohn, recently appointed head of Yahoo's new Media group.[17][18][19]

PayPal

Prior to Yahoo!, Thompson worked for eBay subsidiary PayPal as President and, before that, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, where he oversaw information technology, product development, and architecture.[20]

Visa

Thompson has also worked as Executive Vice President of Technology Solutions for Inovant,[20] a subsidiary of Visa Inc. that oversees the company's global technology. At Inovant, he was responsible for all development, support, and maintenance of Visa's global payment system. He was also Chief Information Officer at Barclays Global Investors, where he implemented a technology platform and global infrastructure, but was fired for alleged disagreements about strategy.[20] In addition, he worked for Coopers & Lybrand, delivering information technology solutions to leading financial services clients such as Wells Fargo.

Awards

In 2011, Thompson received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for financial services for Northern California.[21]

Cancer diagnosis

In 2012, Thompson was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, which was said to be a reason for leaving Yahoo!.[22][23] By July 2012, he was given a clean bill of health.[3]

References

1. ^{{cite web|last=Protalinski |first=Emil |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tuitionio-appoints-industry-veteran-scott-thompson-as-ceo-300379057.html |title=Former Yahoo Chief Scott Thompson Hired As New CEO of ShopRunner |publisher=Thenextweb.com |date=2012-07-23 |accessdate=2013-01-03}}
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3. ^1 {{cite news|last=Efrati|first=Amir|title=Ousted Yahoo Chief Lands New CEO Role|url=http://professional.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443570904577544813207778788.html?mg=reno64-wsj|accessdate=July 24, 2012|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=July 24, 2012|author2=Bensinger, Greg|page=B3}}
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5. ^{{cite web|last=Carlson|first=Nicholas|title=Yahoo Fires Thousands|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/live-yahoo-fires-thousands-2012-4|publisher=Business Insider|accessdate=May 14, 2012|date=April 4, 2012}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://allthingsd.com/20120327/yahoo-prominent-brainiac-drain-continues-goodbye-to-broder-mao/ |title=Yahoo Brainiac Drain Continues: Goodbye to Broder, Mao - Kara Swisher - News |publisher=AllThingsD |date=2012-03-27 |accessdate=2013-01-03}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://allthingsd.com/20120405/exclusive-yahoos-chief-product-officer-blake-irving-resigns/ |title=Exclusive: Yahoo's Chief Product Officer Blake Irving Resigns - Kara Swisher - News |publisher=AllThingsD |date=2012-04-05 |accessdate=2013-01-03}}
8. ^{{cite web|author=Reuters |url=http://www.iol.co.za/business/business-news/yahoo-sues-facebook-over-10-patents-1.1255744 |title=Yahoo sues Facebook over 10 patents - Business News | IOL Business |publisher=IOL.co.za |date=2012-03-14 |accessdate=2013-01-03 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519230400/http://www.iol.co.za/business/business-news/yahoo-sues-facebook-over-10-patents-1.1255744 |archivedate=May 19, 2012 }}
9. ^{{cite web|last=Levine |first=Dan |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/tech-biz/03/14/12/yahoo-sues-facebook-infringing-10-patents |title=Yahoo sues Facebook for infringing 10 patents |publisher=ABS-CBN News |date= |accessdate=2013-01-03}}
10. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/9185292/Facebook-sues-Yahoo.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Emma | last=Barnett | title=Facebook sues Yahoo | date=April 4, 2012}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://allthingsd.com/20120403/breaking-facebook-smacks-at-yahoo-with-patent-claims-of-its-own/ |title=Facebook Smacks Back at Yahoo With Patent Claims in Counter-Lawsuit - Kara Swisher - News |publisher=AllThingsD |date=2012-04-03 |accessdate=2013-01-03}}
12. ^{{cite news | url=http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-05/D9UOHM980.htm |title=Biographical info on Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson | work=Bloomberg Businessweek | date=May 14, 2012 | agency=Associated Press | accessdate=May 14, 2012}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/third-point-llc-letter-to-yahoo-board-of-directors-regarding-discovery-of-discrepancies-in-educational-records-of-ceo-scott-thompson-and-director-patti-hart-150048865.html |title=Third Point LLC Letter To Yahoo! Board Of Directors Regarding Discovery Of... - NEW YORK, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ |publisher=Prnewswire.com |date= |accessdate=2013-01-03}}
14. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/yahoo-ceo-accused-of-padding-resume-probe-launched/2012/05/04/gIQAHEUI1T_story.html | title= Yahoo says CEO Scott Thompson does not have computer science degree | date=May 4, 2012 | accessdate=May 4, 2012|quote=Mr. Thompson holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from Stonehill College | work=The Washington Post | first=Hayley | last=Tsukayama}}
15. ^{{cite news | url=http://allthingsd.com/20120503/yahoos-response-on-computer-science-resumegate-inadvertent-error/ | title= Yahoo’s Response on CEO’s Computer Science ResumeGate: "Inadvertent Error" | date=May 3, 2012 | accessdate=May 4, 2012}}
16. ^{{cite news|last=Efrati|first=Emir|title=Yahoo Probes CEO's Hiring|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|author2=Lublin, Joann S.|page=B2}}
17. ^{{cite web |url=http://investor.yahoo.net/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=672824 |title=Yahoo! Names Fred Amoroso Chairman and Appoints Ross Levinsohn Interim CEO (NASDAQ:YHOO) |publisher=Investor.yahoo.net |date= |accessdate=2013-09-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925175715/http://investor.yahoo.net/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=672824 |archivedate=2013-09-25 |df= }}
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://allthingsd.com/20120410/its-official-yahoo-reorgs-itself-just-like-we-said-memo-time/ |title=It's Official: Yahoo Reorgs Itself Just Like We Said (Memo Time!) - Kara Swisher - News |publisher=AllThingsD |date=2012-04-10 |accessdate=2013-01-03}}
19. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/11/ag-yahoo-ceo-idUSL1E8GAN4W20120511 | work=Reuters | first=Alexei | last=Oreskovic | title=UPDATE 2-Yahoo CEO says he never provided a resume-source | date=May 11, 2012}}
20. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Scott Thompson: Executive Profile & Biography|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=20480823&ticker=EBAY:US|publisher=BusinessWeek|accessdate=12 July 2010}}
21. ^{{cite web|title=2011 Northern California region award recipients|url=http://www.ey.com/US/en/About-us/Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneur-Of-The-Year/PNW_NCAL_Article_AwardRecipients|publisher=Ernst & Young|accessdate=May 13, 2012}}
22. ^{{cite web|author=Seth Fiegerman |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/scott-thompson-diagnosed-with-thyroid-cancer-2012-5 |title=Scott Thompson Diagnosed With Thyroid Cancer |publisher=Business Insider |date=2012-05-14 |accessdate=2013-09-21}}
23. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikamorphy/2012/05/14/thompsons-cancer-a-new-twist-to-the-yahoo-saga/ | work=Forbes | first=Erika | last=Morphy | title=Thompson's Cancer: A New Twist to the Yahoo Saga - Forbes}}
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