5 Things Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) Investors Need To Pay Attention To

4. Marissa Mayer

A former employee of Google, Mayer emerged in the topmost position at Yahoo when Yahoo’s board of directors chose someone from outside its fraternity as a CEO. Marissa Mayer might have bought all those startups and given everyone free iPhones at her office to bring her to the limelight, but she would have to do a lot more than that to generate revenues for Yahoo.

Before Mayer stepped in as CEO, other executives were also on the road to bringing Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) at the forefront of mobile technology, but failed to implement, due to the short amount of time allotted to them.