Anil Singh, head of sales and marketing at Yahoo! Inc., is leaving the strugggling online firm, in the latest high-level defection, according to wire service reports.
Singh joined the Santa Clara, CA-based Yahoo in 1995 as its first sales executive and 21st employee.
Singh’s departure comes as Yahoo struggles to become profitable this year. The firm is looking also for a new chief executive to replace Tim Koogle, as well as heads of its Asian and European operations who resigned last week.