财富增长最快的公司排行榜陨落的7大明星

雅虎公司

上榜年份：2005

排名：第1

如今的雅虎公司（Yahoo）可能正在苦苦挣扎，寻找出路。但在2005年，它可是《财富》杂志（Fortune）榜单上炙手可热的宠儿。那一年，它在《财富》的“增长最快公司榜单”上荣登榜首，一时间众人瞩目，风头无两。从那时起，雅虎手中就一直牢牢抓着各种宝贵资产，但却从来没有真正弄清过究竟如何才能充分利用好它们，以至于短短几年间，就把大好江山和市场份额拱手让给了搜索巨头谷歌公司（Google）。

雅虎近年来出现的问题一部分要归咎于它无法留住领导者。前任首席执行官斯科特•汤普森因为简历造假而黯然离职这一幕只能算是雅虎人力资源部上演的肥皂剧里最新的一出戏。

不过雅虎的状况正在好转。今年7月，它聘请了谷歌前高管玛丽莎•梅耶尔出任首席执行官。她也许有什么看家本领，可以为雅虎打造一套持续复苏的战略，使之能够重回高速增长的榜单。

Yahoo

List year: 2005

Rank: 1

Yahoo may be struggling to find its way now, but back in 2005, the company was on Fortune's hot list. Ranked number one that year on our Fastest-Growing Companies list, Yahoo was the company to watch. Since then, Yahoo has held on to valuable assets, but never really figured out how to streamline them, losing ground and market share over the years to search giant Google.

Part of the company's recent problems has been due to its trouble keeping leaders. The ungraceful departure of former CEO Scott Thompson, who was accused of lying on his resume, was only the most recent event in the HR soap opera.

Things at Yahoo are looking up, however. The company just hired former Google exec Marissa Mayer as its new CEO this past July. She may have a shot at creating a coherent rebound strategy for Yahoo to get it back on the growth list again.