Carol Ann Bartz

Carol Ann Bartz has been serving as the President and CEO of Yahoo since January 2009. She was previously Chairman, President, and CEO at Autodesk, the world's largest producer of design software for use in architecture, engineering and building construction.

Bartz was born in Winona, Minnesota and graduated from University of Wisconsin–Madison in computer science in 1971. Bartz was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree (2002) from New Jersey Institute of Technology, an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from William Woods University.

Bartz joined 3M in 1972 as the only woman professional in a division of 300 men. She faced repeated acts of discrimination and quit in 1976 after being refused a transfer to headquarters. She held a number of positions at Sun Microsystems, Inc. from 1983 to April 1992.

In 1992 she became CEO of Autodesk, Inc. During her impressive 14-year reign as CEO, she turned Autodesk into a software giant earning more than $1.5 billion in annual revenue in 2008. In January 2009, Bartz took the helm of Yahoo!, Inc. as CEO.

As of 2009, she also is serving as the Board of Director of Cisco.

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