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Jim Lanzone — "They Had a Chance to Sell for $44 Billion. They Didn't."

Dead Cat by Eric Newcomer | newcomer.co

Apr 7, 202601:00:10News & Politics

Jim Lanzone has spent his entire career betting on companies the internet forgot about and making them matter again. CEO of Ask.com, Tinder, and now Yahoo. Eric sat down with him to find out how he pulled off the turnaro...

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