3 posts and columns on Bruce Chizen

The Dark Horse Race for Yahoo's CEO: Sarin Emerges, but Who Else Fits the Bill?

in News on December 9, 2008 at 4:39 am PT

Earlier this week, in a piece about Yahoo layoffs, BoomTown reiterated the notion that Yahoo would pick its next CEO to replace its current leader Jerry Yang from its own board or some dark horse CEO, rather than one of the Web’s more high-profile players. The Wall Street Journal raised such a name in a piece today–former Vodafone Group CEO Arun Sarin. It’s an intriguing idea, to be sure, since Sarin meets the list of six key criteria the board has created, including having public company CEO experience. But there are other dark horses who fit that bill.

Adobe Posts Q4 CEO Loss

in News on November 13, 2007 at 11:00 am PT

Adobe CEO to Spend More Time With Family, Learning Creative Suite

in News on November 13, 2007 at 7:44 am PT

If Adobe Chief Executive Officer Bruce Chizen planned to quit while he was ahead, he couldn’t have picked a better time. When Chizen steps down as CEO at the end of this month, to be succeeded Dec. 1 by Adobe COO Shantanu Narayen, he will depart a company that’s flourishing financially. Adobe posted better-than-expected third [...]