Last week, rumors were rampant that Yahoo"s Network Division Executive Vice President, Jeff Weiner, would be leaving the Sunnyvale search engine. The news is now official, with an announcement of Weiner"s new role as an Executive in Residence at Accel Partners and Greylock Partners, two venture capitalist firms.
Weiner will split his time evenly between the two firms, advising leadership on their existing tech portfolios as well as consulting on new investment opportunities.
“Jeff’s operational experience in scaling products, teams and revenue will help Greylock enhance our capabilities and add value to our investments,” said David Sze, General Partner at Greylock.
“We are thrilled to have access to Jeff’s perspective on web product strategy and operations,” said Theresia Ranzetta, General Partner at Accel. “Additionally, we look forward to leveraging Jeff’s expertise regarding the convergence of media and technology for existing and future Accel portfolio properties.”
>>Source Link
>>Blog: searchenginewatch
>>Publish Date: 6/19/2008 7:02:01 AM
>>Keywords: weiner jeff
Related Posts
>>Yahoo"s New Mission #
In the wake of Yahoo"s recent reorganization, Jeff Weiner, EVP of Yahoo"s Network Division, has introduced a new mission statement that he says will help tie things together: “To connect people to the
>>Yahoo Search VP Leaves for VC Firm #
Yahoo"s VP of consumer Web search Andrew Braccia has left Yahoo for the greener pastures of venture capital, joining Accel Partners this week as a principal, according to Venture Beat. Accel investmen
>>Yahoo!"s New Mission: It"s About the People #
Google"s mission statement has long been "to organize the world"s information and make it universally accessible and useful." Last night, Yahoo! announced their new mission, "to connect people to th