Ex-Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer admits the company should have bought Netflix instead of Tumblr as it 'would have been a better acquisition'

Sat, 05/06/2023 - 07:55

Marissa Mayer speaks onstage at Glamour Women Of The Year 2016 LIVE Summit at NeueHouse Hollywood on November 14, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. — Ex-Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, speaking at Glamour Women Of The Year in 2016, shared her three main regrets from her time at Yahoo.
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Ex-Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer shared three things she'd have done differently while at the company.
Yahoo should have acquired Netflix or Hulu instead of blogging platform Tumblr, she told Tech Brew.
"And either of those, with hindsight being 20/20, would have been a better acquisition," she said.

Marissa Mayer, former CEO of Yahoo, admitted she would have done three things differently during her time at the company if she was given the opportunity.