北京时间11月18日消息，雅虎周一宣布正在寻找新的首席执行官人选，以替代杨致远。《华尔街日报》专栏作家Kara Swisher披露了杨致远就此事致雅虎全体员工的备忘录，以下是信件全文。

致：全体雅虎员工

　　自：杨致远

　　主题：更新

　　雅虎员工们：

　　我将告知你们我们刚刚宣布的一条消息：董事会成员和我已经达成协议，将启动雅虎CEO职位的继任程序。我们的董事会主席罗伊-波斯托克将领导全体董事会成员，确定并评估可能的人选。董事会将评估并考虑公司内部及外部人选，并雇佣海德里克（Heidrick）和斯卓格斯（Struggles）等猎头公司来帮助我们。

　　我将参与寻找继任者的工作，并将继续担任CEO一职，直到新任CEO被选出。一旦确定继任者，我就将回归此前的“雅虎酋长”的职位，并继续担任董事会成员。

　　去年6月，我接受董事会的请求担任CEO一职，负责对雅虎进行重组和重新定位，使雅虎在用户和合伙伙伴需求快速变化的环境下变得更加有效。担任CEO以来，我与董事会就继任时间进行了持续的对话。感谢你们不知疲倦的努力，我们已经创造了一个更加开放、更具竞争性的雅虎。我们相信，目前是时候向新任CEO过渡，他将带领公司走向新的高度。

　　尽管我们面临不利的外部环境，但雅虎仍然是一个明显与众不同的公司，并在许多方面都比18个月之前更加强大。因此我们更有必要利用目前的机会使公司的运营尽可能有效。我坚定的相信，通过平台的转变、成本和营收状况的重新梳理，我们为新任CEO提供了一个独一无二的窗口，他将负责公司下一波决定性的决策。

　　你们都知道，我一直，并且将永远流着“紫色（雅虎的代表色）的血液”。对这家伟大的公司来说，我将永远做我认为正确的事情。这一人事更替对所有人来说都是一次调整，但是我认为这是完全正确的。在这一过程中，一旦董事会有所进展，我将及时通知你们。我将继续尽我所能使雅虎充分发挥潜力。

　　谢谢

　　杨致远

以下为杨致远致员工信全文（英文）：

    To: all yahoos
    Fr: Jerry
    Subject: update

    yahoos -

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    thank you,
    jerry