雅虎公司

上榜年份：2005

排名：第1

如今的雅虎公司（Yahoo）可能正在苦苦掙扎，尋找出路。但在2005年，它可是《財富》雜志（Fortune）榜單上炙手可熱的寵兒。那一年，它在《財富》的“增長最快公司榜單”上榮登榜首，一時間眾人矚目，風頭無兩。從那時起，雅虎手中就一直牢牢抓著各種寶貴資產，但卻從來沒有真正弄清過究竟如何才能充分利用好它們，以至于短短幾年間，就把大好江山和市場份額拱手讓給了搜索巨頭谷歌公司（Google）。

雅虎近年來出現的問題一部分要歸咎于它無法留住領導者。前任首席執行官斯科特?湯普森因為簡歷造假而黯然離職這一幕只能算是雅虎人力資源部上演的肥皂劇里最新的一出戲。

不過雅虎的狀況正在好轉。今年7月，它聘請了谷歌前高管瑪麗莎?梅耶爾出任首席執行官。她也許有什么看家本領，可以為雅虎打造一套持續復蘇的戰略，使之能夠重回高速增長的榜單。

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.