Yahoo!: Check Out Our New COO

Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) has announced its hiring of former Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) executive Henrique de Castro.  De Castro will serve as Yahoo!’s Chief Operating Officer and will be responsible for strategic and operational management of the company’s worldwide sales, operations, and media and business development.

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De Castro comes over from Google where he was most recently vice president of Google’s worldwide Partner Business Solutions group.  He had been with Google since 2006.

At Yahoo!, De Castro will report directly to Chief Executive Marissa Mayer. He is scheduled to assume his new position on or before January 22, 2013.

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