FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2011 file photo, Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo Executive Vice President of Americas, speaks at the Web. 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. Yahoo’s restless shareholders let interim CEO Ross Levinsohn know that they won’t give him much time to t
FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2011 file photo, Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo Executive Vice President of Americas, speaks at the Web. 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. Yahoo’s restless shareholders let interim CEO Ross Levinsohn know that they won’t give him much time to turn the company around if he gets the job on a permanent basis at Yahoo’s annual shareholders meeting Thursday. July 12, 2012. Paul Sakuma, File, Associated Press
By Associated Press

In May, Yahoo named Ross Levinsohn as its interim CEO. He had been considered a lead candidate to take the job permanently, but Yahoo named longtime Google executive Marissa Mayer as CEO instead.

Here's biographical information on Levinsohn.

NAME: Ross Levinsohn

TITLE: Interim CEO, Yahoo Inc.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND: Most recently, executive vice president and head of global media for Yahoo, where he led strategy, engineering and content creation. Prior positions included president of News Corp.'s Fox Interactive Media; senior management at AltaVista, an early search engine; and programming work at CBS Sportsline and HBO Inc.

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CO-FOUNDER: Fuse Capital, an investment and strategic equity management firm.

BOARD MEMBERSHIPS: Freedom Communications, Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program.

EDUCATION: B.A. in communications from American University.

Source: Yahoo Inc.

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