Yahoo!'s current CFO, Blake Jorgensen announced his plans to leave the firm in February, just weeks after Carol Bartz took over the reins of the internet entity. Morse would be paid a salary of $500,000 and a 'sign-on bonus' of $500,000, according to Yahoo!'s regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
It named chief financial officer Tim Morse as interim chief executive.
Yahoo Inc has named Scott Thompson, who runs eBay's online payment unit PayPal, as its new CEO.