7 posts and columns on chief financial officer

Oracle Co-President Safra Catz Adds CFO Duties as Jeff Epstein Leaves

in Enterprise on April 25, 2011 at 2:13 pm PT

The Oracle co-president is starting her second stint at the CFO job following the resignation of Jeff Epstein.

HP Names Ex-SAP Chief Apotheker as CEO

in News on September 30, 2010 at 1:20 pm PT

Hewlett-Packard has finally named a new CEO and, despite our prediction that it would choose an internal candidate, the company instead looked to an outsider. On Thursday afternoon, HP named Léo Apotheker–former CEO of SAP–as its new chief executive officer. And, in a jab at Oracle–which hired former HP CEO Mark Hurd after his ouster–it tapped Ray Lane, a former president and COO at Oracle, as its non-executive chairman of the board.

Twitter Taps Pixar Exec as CFO

in Social on February 10, 2010 at 3:48 pm PT

Twitter has finally found a chief financial officer. Ali Rowghani, currently CFO and senior VP of strategic planning at Pixar Animation Studios, will bring his financial acumen to the microblogging service come March.

AOL, Still Shaking Up Staff, Hires New CFO Artie Minson

in Media on August 27, 2009 at 5:47 am PT

Newish AOL CEO Tim Armstrong hasn’t gone on a massive firing binge. But he’s still shaking up the ranks at the Time Warner unit. Today, for instance, he is installing a new chief financial officer: Artie Minson, the deputy CFO at sister company Time Warner Cable. Minson replaces Nisha Kumar, who held the spot for two years.

Altera's Tim Morse Tapped as Yahoo CFO

in News on June 11, 2009 at 1:24 pm PT

Looks like Yahoo has found its new CFO. This afternoon, the company said Tim Morse will take charge of its finances. Morse, who has served as CFO for chip maker Altera since 2007 and spent 15 years at GE before that, will start work on June 17 and assume CFO responsibilities on July 1. Welcome news, since Yahoo has been looking to fill the position since Blake Jorgensen said he would step down from the company last February.
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Altera’s Tim Morse Tapped as Yahoo CFO

in News on June 11, 2009 at 1:24 pm PT

Looks like Yahoo has found its new CFO. This afternoon, the company said Tim Morse will take charge of its finances. Morse, who has served as CFO for chip maker Altera since 2007 and spent 15 years at GE before that, will start work on June 17 and assume CFO responsibilities on July 1. Welcome news, since Yahoo has been looking to fill the position since Blake Jorgensen said he would step down from the company last February.
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Yahoo CFO Blake Jorgensen Out as Bartz Starts Reorg

in Media on February 26, 2009 at 9:52 am PT

Time to start “getting our house in order,” Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has declared. One of the first steps: Sweeping out CFO Blake Jorgensen. Jorgensen, you may recall, was the Yahoo executive who was signaling the company’s interest in a Microsoft search deal just yesterday.
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