收件人：所有雅虎人

　　寄件人：致远

　　主题：更新

　　雅虎人——

　　我想向诸位宣布一件我刚刚决定的事情。董事局和我已经同意开始为雅虎首席执行官之职物色继任的人选。董事局主席Roy Bostock将牵头寻找并考察可能的人选以供董事局全体成员考虑。董事局将会评估和考核来自公司内部或外来的人选，并已经聘请Heidrick & Struggles(猎头公司，译者注)来协助办理此事。

　　我会参与选定我的继任者，并将继续担任目前职位直到董事局确定新首席执行官的人选。继任者一经选定，我将重新做回原来Chief Yahoo的职位并继续担任董事。

　　去年六月，我应董事局的要求恢复首席执行官职务，改组了公司的整体结构，给它重新定位，以求它能更有效地应对来自用户和合作伙伴的多变的需求。自从担任了首席执行官以来，我就一直在与董事会商量交接权力的时机。几乎完全仰仗于各位的不懈努力，我们才得以创造了更加开放、更具竞争力的雅虎。我们相信现在是完成这个交接的正确时机了，新的首席执行官将会带领公司迈向新的台阶。

　　无论我们身处在一个怎样的外界环境当中，事实上雅虎现在较之18个月前已然完全是一个脱胎换骨的公司了，它在很多方面都更加的强大。既然如此，把握住这个机会，尽量有效地发挥已有的优势契机。我坚信，借由我们改革所取得的成绩基础，开源节流，我们已经为首席执行官的正确人选准备了独一无二的接手条件，来从容应对公司所将要面临的重大决策。

　　诸位都知道，我一直以来——以后永远——都流淌着紫色(雅虎的吉祥色，译者注)的血液。我定会做我所认为的任何有利于我们公司的事情。尽管已经走出了这一步，我们所有人都应该调整心态来积极面对，我知道这是个正确的选择。董事局方面一旦有了新的动态，我会向大家汇报事情的进展，并将继续尽我所能地让雅虎最大限度的发挥它的潜力。

　　敬礼，

　　致远

　　附：杨致远致员工信原文(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