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Reses: Yahoo and Alibaba stopped speaking despite Yahoo's 40% stake
“If you remember, there was this dynamic where Carol Bartz had been in this contentious fight with Jack Ma that was widely chronicled, and the two companies stopped talking to each other, even though Yahoo owned 40% of Alibaba.”
Masayoshi Son focused purely on high-level approval, leaving execution to others
“Masa would almost just assume that everyone else would do it, and he would take the big picture concepts of it and just decide whether he was comfortable with it or not. And so it's almost the opposite of the way I work. I can't even fathom operating like that…”
Reses: Yahoo's Alibaba tax bill would be among largest in corporate history
“I think it was going to be one of the largest tax bills ever paid in corporate history.”
Banister: I am actively seeking to back the 'Alibaba of the Americas'
“I am still looking for the Alibaba of the Americas. I haven't found it yet. I'm still turning over stones there trying to find, so I always like to put that out there in, in the wild in case someone claims they have that company. I've had many pitches, none of…”