Yahoo says it is appointing Ross Levinsohn as interim CEO and Fred Amoroso as chairman of its board, effective immediately.

Yahoo says CEO Scott Thompson has left the company. Thompson has been under fire for more than a week over mentions in his resume and company filings of a computer science degree he did not earn.

Amoroso was the board member leading the investigation into inaccuracies on Thompson's resume. Levinsohn is Yahoo's head of global media.

Third Point, the hedge fund that owns a 6 percent stake in Yahoo, has pushed for the changes. Third Point CEO Dan Loeb and two of his nominees will join Yahoo's board. Four directors who had planned to retire at the annual meeting will step down immediately.

滬江英語快訊：5月14日早間，雅虎宣布，該公司CEO斯科特·湯普森(Scott Thompson)因?qū)W歷造假事件辭職，同時董事會主席羅伊·博斯托克(Roy Bostock)也將離任。同時，雅虎董事會宣布任命羅斯·列文森(Ross Levinsohn)為過渡期CEO，弗雷德·阿莫羅索(Fred Amoroso)為董事長。此前，揭露湯普森學(xué)歷造假的雅虎大股東Third Point CEO勒布（相關(guān)新聞?wù)堻c擊查閱>>）和另外兩名Third Point提名的人選將進(jìn)入雅虎董事會。