8 posts and columns on Andrew Siegel

Exclusive: Yahoo Loses M&A Head to Zynga

in News on April 7, 2011 at 10:34 am PT

Taylor Barada, Yahoo’s recently appointed head of M&A, is joining Zynga in an unspecified role. Barada replaced Andrew Siegel, who left Yahoo earlier this year to join Condé Nast Yahoo staff was told of the move yesterday.

If You Love Something, Set It Sort-Of Free: Condé Nast Mulling Reddit Spin-Off

in Media on March 21, 2011 at 3:00 pm PT

The social news site is generating a billion page views a month, with a small staff that’s been getting smaller recently. Condé thinks it could be worth $200 million as a standalone company.

Condé Nast Gets Ready to Go Shopping, Adds $500 Million and an Ex-Yahoo

in Media on December 13, 2010 at 6:55 am PT

Anyone have anything they want to sell to Condé Nast? The publisher is officially in shopping mode: It has hired an M&A guy from Yahoo and raised $500 million to get him started.

Another Top Yahoo to Depart: Global Initiatives Head Keith Nilsson

in News on December 2, 2010 at 6:54 pm PT

Earlier today, BoomTown reported on the departure of Yahoo’s M&A exec, Andrew Siegel, from the company. Tonight, I got a call that another top Yahoo–Global Initiatives Group SVP Keith Nilsson–was also leaving the Silicon Valley Internet giant. Nilsson, a 12-year Yahoo veteran, had run emerging markets for the company, until he was appointed in January to his new job. Reporting directly to CEO Carol Bartz, Nilsson was focused on supporting global relationships and alliances, as well as revenue partnerships.

Yahoo's M&A Head Andrew Siegel Is Departing the Company

in News on December 2, 2010 at 8:36 am PT

Andrew Siegel–Yahoo’s head of corporate development, who is in charge of its mergers and acquisitions strategy–is leaving the company, according to sources. The move comes after Siegel–who has made some very prescient calls about game-changing acquisition targets for the company–has become increasingly frustrated in getting them completed. Siegel’s exit is part of a long line of departures of top talent under the leadership of CEO Carol Bartz. Yahoo has no replacement for him as yet.

Exclusive: Yahoo Eyes CafeMom for $100 Million Acquisition

in News on August 17, 2010 at 10:14 am PT

According to numerous sources, Yahoo is eager to close a deal to acquire CafeMom, a social-networking and community site aimed at mothers, in a move aimed at turbocharging its often-meandering strategy in the important women’s space. The price being offered, said sources, is hovering at $100 million, about the same amount Yahoo recently forked over for Associated Content. The deal might not happen, of course, but several sources said the pair have been deep in negotiations in recent weeks.

Can Yahoo Still Nab Foursquare for $125 Million or Will VCs Prevail? The Race for the Hot Mobile Start-Up Nears Its End.

in News on April 16, 2010 at 9:54 am PT

You have to give Yahoo an A for effort, if perhaps the ultimate grade in its ongoing quest to buy hot mobile social network Foursquare is an F. While Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley, who controls a large chunk of the shares of the start-up, has so far turned down several $100 million-plus offers from Yahoo, sources said the company’s newish head of mergers and acquisitions, Andrew Siegel, is back in New York today still trying to convince him to sell. So far, Foursquare appears to have developed a case of cold feet about marrying the Internet giant and seems more likely to opt for a large round of funding from venture firms.

Yahoo Hires New M&A Head–But Whither Greg Mrva?

in News on October 21, 2009 at 12:12 am PT

Yahoo has hired a new head of mergers and acquisitions–former General Electric M&A exec Andrew Siegel, who will now be VP of corporate development. Yahoo CFO Tim Morse dropped the news with no details about that title in an interview with The Wall Street Journal about the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s third-quarter earnings. One question apparently not answered was what exactly is the status of its current top M&A exec, Greg Mrva–who has had the title Siegel now has posted on his LinkedIn profile–as well as that of VP of mergers and acquisitions more recently.
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