Bartz Says Yahoo Would Consider Buyout

By Matt McGee

Published: March 2, 2010 at 4:31 pm

Speaking today on CNBC, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz said that Yahoo would “absolutely” consider a buyout offer from “any company at the right price.”

According to paidContent, Bartz later qualified her comments to indicate that she’s not actively looking for a buyer, and that if she were in charge of Yahoo when Microsoft made its original offer, she would’ve taken the deal.

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Matt McGee

Matt McGee joined Third Door Media as a writer/reporter/editor in September 2008. He served as Editor-In-Chief from January 2013 until his departure in July 2017. He can be found on Twitter at @MattMcGee.