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Cisco Adds Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff to Board
Networking giant Cisco Systems just named Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff to its board of directors. Benioff’s addition to Cisco’s board fits perfectly with the ongoing shake-up that CEO John Chambers...
View ArticleAOL Names Karen Dykstra as New CFO, Adds PepsiCo VP to Board
AOL on Wednesday appointed Karen Dykstra as chief financial officer, moving her over from the board member position she held since 2009. Dykstra fills the seat left by Artie Minson, who shifted to COO...
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Twitter Poised to Name Media Mogul Peter Chernin to Board of Directors
Twitter is poised to announce the appointment of Hollywood media exec Peter Chernin to the company’s board of directors, according to sources familiar with the situation. As AllThingsD has previously...
View ArticleWayfair Appoints Its First Female Board Member, Julie M.B. Bradley
Wayfair.com, an online retailer of home furnishings, has appointed Julie M.B. Bradley to the company’s board. Bradley, who is SVP and CFO of TripAdvisor, is Wayfair’s first female director. Prior to...
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Five Reasons Why: What Groupon's Board Is Evaluating About Andrew Mason's...
Andrew Mason is getting a crash course in what it means to run a publicly held company. Kara Swisher reported yesterday that several Groupon board members have been considering replacing Mason with a...
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Boardroom Blitz: The Four Things That Could Happen at Groupon
As AllThingsD had previously reported and Groupon CEO Andrew Mason confirmed in an onstage interview, there’s a bit of mishegas going on at the top echelons of the daily deals company over performance...
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The Nothing Option Selected at Groupon Board Meeting
Groupon’s board meeting today turned out to be short on action, despite a clearly growing rift between company co-founder Andrew Mason and a number of directors. In other words, Andrew Mason is...
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An Update on Ralph Whitworth, the Activist Investor Already on HP's Board
Shares of Hewlett-Packard got a jolt yesterday on rumors that activist investor Carl Icahn, or someone like him, was buying its shares. Having opened at $13.85, HP shares closed at $14.16, up more than...
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HP CEO Whitman Earned $15 Million in 2012, Filing Shows
Hewlett-Packard’s preliminary proxy form was filed today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and there’s a few interesting highlights. The filing shows that CEO Meg Whitman earned more...
View ArticleBlackBerry Expands Board, Adds Two Former Telecom Execs
BlackBerry added two seats to its board Thursday, naming a pair of longtime telecom execs as directors. Joining the company’s board: Richard Lynch, formerly an executive vice president at Verizon...
View ArticleHP Moves to Head Off Investor Revolt
The board of Hewlett-Packard Co. is on the hot seat again. Chairman Ray Lane and three fellow board members plan to meet with about 20 of the computer maker’s big investors Monday in hopes of heading...
View ArticleHP's Board Signals Closer Oversight of CEO
Hewlett-Packard Co.’s board is investigating the company’s flawed $11 billion acquisition of software firm Autonomy Corp., and has set up an informal committee to provide strategic advice to Chief...
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Former Genentech Exec Susan Desmond-Hellmann Joins Facebook's Board of Directors
Facebook named University of California San Francisco Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann to the social giant’s board of directors, the company announced on Wednesday, the second woman and ninth addition...
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Kleiner's Doerr Joins Zynga Board of Directors
After a tumultuous year of internal uncertainty and shaky investor confidence, Zynga is trying to get its groove back — starting from the very top. The social gaming company announced the appointment...
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Yahoo Chairman Fred Amoroso to Step Down in Late June
Yahoo announced today that board Chairman Fred Amoroso had decided not to seek reelection and will leave the board on June 25. Former LiveOps CEO Maynard Webb will serve as interim chairman. Here’s the...
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Accel Partners' Jim Breyer Won't Return to Dell's Board
Computing company Dell just announced that Jim Breyer, a partner at venture capital firm Accel Partners and a member of Dell’s board of directors, won’t be returning to its board after the next meeting...
View ArticleWanted: More Directors With Digital Savvy
Nearly every facet of corporate life has gone digital. But many public-company boards remain stuck in analog mode. That has started to change. Boards worried about their scant digital expertise are...
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IRS Says Former HP Chairman Ray Lane Owes $100 Million
Former Hewlett-Packard director Ray Lane owes the U.S. Internal Revenue Service about $100 million as the result of a tax dispute. Bloomberg News confirmed a rumor about Lane that has been making the...
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HP Names Former Microsoft Exec Ray Ozzie and Two Others to Board
Computing giant Hewlett-Packard concluded its search for three new directors today, naming former Microsoft CTO Ray Ozzie and two others to its board. In addition to Ozzie, HP appointed Robert Bennett,...
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The Next Steps to Watch For in the Unfolding Dell Buyout Drama
After setting what must be some kind of record for the shortest corporate meeting ever (Don’t believe me? See the AllThingsD liveblog of the proceedings here), the vote on the $24.4 billion buyout...
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The Value of a Board at the Seed Stage
Image copyright http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-923639p1.htmlFor most startup founders, the idea of creating a board of directors early in the company’s life is as welcome as spending a week at...
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Board Meetings Are a Waste of Time at the Seed Stage
Image copyright Qpic-ImagesSatya Patel recently wrote a post titled “The Value of a Board at the Seed Stage.” I love the Homebrew guys and would be thrilled to have them as a co-investor in my deals,...
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Actually, the Pool Is Quite Deep
“Dick Costolo, Twitter’s chief executive, has prioritized finding a woman to be on the board, but has found it difficult.” “The issue isn’t the intention, the issue is just the paucity of candidates.”...
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AllThingsD Week in Review: New iPads Ahead, HP's "Pivotal Year" and Women at...
In case you missed anything, here’s a quick roundup of some of the news that powered AllThingsD this week: Sources familiar with Apple’s plans told AllThingsD that the company’s fall iPad-update event...
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HP CEO Whitman Just Got a Big Pay Raise
Remember how when she first took over as CEO of the computing giant Hewlett-Packard, Meg Whitman agreed to take a base salary of only $1 a year? That changed on Nov. 1, when the company’s board of...
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