Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson Has Cancer - Report

Before Scott Thompson resigned as Yahoo Inc.'s chief executive last weekend, he reportedly told the company's board of directors and several other colleagues that he had been diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

Yahoo?s newly ousted former CEO Scott Thompson recently told the company?s board that he has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing ?people familiar with the matter.? The WSJ says he disclosed the news to insiders last week as evidence mounted that he did not have the undergraduate computer science degree ...

Yahoo's ex-CEO Scott Thompson has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, the Wall Street Journal reports a day after Thompson stepped down from the company

Before resigning as CEO of Yahoo, Scott Thompson disclosed to the company's board of directors that he has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

Yahoo just announced that chairman Fred Amoroso will step down in June. We've communicated with three Yahoo sources since the news broke. Given what they told us, we think this why Amoroso is out:

Ousted Yahoo! chief executive Scott Thompson told board members before his resignation that he has cancer, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.Thompson, who quit amid a controversy over inaccurate academic credentials, said the diagnosis played a role in his decision to step down, but that he did not want to publicly disclose his thyroid cancer, the newspaper said.He resigned amid a probe into why he had inaccurately stated he had a computer science degree.The newspaper said Thompson, 54, reached an agreement to resign with some severance pay.

Yahoo Inc's board of directors will review a discrepancy in the educational record of its chief executive, Scott Thompson, a spokesman told Reuters, after activist hedge fund Third Point accused Thompson of padding his academic credentials.