Jerry Yang was to resume his former role as ` ` Chief Yahoo '' The Yahoo ! co - founder will still have a seat on the board . Yang criticized for not the deal to sell Yahoo ! to Microsoft . announced Monday that the search is on for the Internet giant 's next CEO . Yang took over as CEO in June 2007 .
Jerry Yang was to resume his former role as ` ` Chief Yahoo '' The Yahoo ! co - founder will still have a seat on the board . Yang criticized for not the deal to sell Yahoo ! to Microsoft . Yang took over as CEO in June 2007 .