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株価は74%上昇
まず、株価ですが就任以降1年間で74%の上昇を記録したとか。
これは歴代のCEOと比較してダントツの伸び率なのだそうです。
あくまで上昇率なので、就任以前の会社の状況が異なるわけですから一概に比較できませんが、あのYahoo!がここまで市場から評価してもらえたのは大したものだと思います。また、中国EC大手のアリババが米Yahoo!から自社株の20%を買い戻したことが大きな要因であるとも推測されています。
１年で17社を買収
マリッサがCEOに就任して以降、有望なスタートアップを爆速で買収していきました。有名な例は15歳の少年が立ち上げたSummly、約11億ドルで買収されたTumblrなど。
ビックリするのはその買収の数！1年で17社を買収しています。米Yahoo!が創業以来買収した83社のうち20%以上がマリッサによる買収なのだとか。
以下、１年間で買収した企業です。(参照元)
1. Stamped: App that let you give a stamp of approval to your favorite bars, restaurants, songs, and apps. (Shut down)
2. OnTheAir: Short-lived online video site for people who wanted to stream to large audiences. (Shut down)
3. Snip.it: A Pinterest-like curation tool that let you “snip” content from the web, organize it, and share with friends. ($10 million price tag; Shut down)
4. Alike: Location discovery app that could find nearby places your friends also liked. (Shut down)
5. Jybe: App that recommended movies, books, restaurants, dishes, recipes, and reviews. (Shut down)
6. Summly: App that automatically shortened news articles for mobile devices. Deal included 17-year-old founder Nick D’Aloisio. ($30 million price tag; Shut down)
7. Astrid: Popular to-do list app for iOS and Android. (Shut down)
8. MileWise: Frequent flier search startup. (Shut down)
9. GoPollGo: Simple polling tool and app. (Shut down)
10. Loki Studios: Mobile gaming startup that created the game Geomon. (Shut down)
11. Tumblr: Blogging powerhouse with 300 million monthly unique visitors. ($1.1 billion price tag; Alive and kicking)
12. PlayerScale: Cross-platform game infrastructure startup with more than 150 million users tapping into it. (Alive and kicking)
13. GhostBird Software: Photo-focused mobile app startup behind KitCam and PhotoForge2. Will help the Flickr team. (Shut down)
14. Rondee: Conference calling app launched in 2006. (Shut down)
15. Bignoggins: One-man production company behind Fantasy Monster and Draft Monster. Going to Yahoo Fantasy Sports. (Shut down)
16. Qwiki: iOS app that takes your videos and photos and automatically turns them into brief movies. ($50 million price tag; Still alive for now)
17. Xobni: Startup that made plugins and apps to better manage your email. Will bolster the Yahoo Mail team. ($40 million price tag; Still alive for now)
2. OnTheAir: Short-lived online video site for people who wanted to stream to large audiences. (Shut down)
3. Snip.it: A Pinterest-like curation tool that let you “snip” content from the web, organize it, and share with friends. ($10 million price tag; Shut down)
4. Alike: Location discovery app that could find nearby places your friends also liked. (Shut down)
5. Jybe: App that recommended movies, books, restaurants, dishes, recipes, and reviews. (Shut down)
6. Summly: App that automatically shortened news articles for mobile devices. Deal included 17-year-old founder Nick D’Aloisio. ($30 million price tag; Shut down)
7. Astrid: Popular to-do list app for iOS and Android. (Shut down)
8. MileWise: Frequent flier search startup. (Shut down)
9. GoPollGo: Simple polling tool and app. (Shut down)
10. Loki Studios: Mobile gaming startup that created the game Geomon. (Shut down)
11. Tumblr: Blogging powerhouse with 300 million monthly unique visitors. ($1.1 billion price tag; Alive and kicking)
12. PlayerScale: Cross-platform game infrastructure startup with more than 150 million users tapping into it. (Alive and kicking)
13. GhostBird Software: Photo-focused mobile app startup behind KitCam and PhotoForge2. Will help the Flickr team. (Shut down)
14. Rondee: Conference calling app launched in 2006. (Shut down)
15. Bignoggins: One-man production company behind Fantasy Monster and Draft Monster. Going to Yahoo Fantasy Sports. (Shut down)
16. Qwiki: iOS app that takes your videos and photos and automatically turns them into brief movies. ($50 million price tag; Still alive for now)
17. Xobni: Startup that made plugins and apps to better manage your email. Will bolster the Yahoo Mail team. ($40 million price tag; Still alive for now)
Tumblrの大型買収後も6社の買収を行なっています。
買収後Tumblrを除くほとんどのサービスを閉鎖していることが特徴的ですね。
人材確保とモバイル分野での品質向上に余念がないことが伺えます。
関連エントリ→『米Yahooが17歳の少年に社運を賭ける、新体制マリッサ・メイヤーの一手』
また、余談ですがTumblr買収前はヨーロッパのYouTube的ポディションであるDailymotionの買収を試みましたが、失敗しています。
関連エントリ→『米Yahoo!、Tumblrの次は1.5億人が利用するゲームプラットフォームを買収！Dailymotionの買収は失敗』
その他にも記事では、米Yahoo!が惜しみなく過去のサービスをクローズしていることや、自宅勤務の廃止などの制度改革に取り組んでいることを高く評価しています。
筆者もマリッサのおばさまを応援していますし、まだまだ米Yahoo!には改革の余地があると思いますので、引き続き彼女の２年目の挑戦に注目していきたいです。
