Verizon announced Monday that it will acquire Yahoo's core business for $4.8 billion. WIBBITZ (Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images) Monday marks the end of an era for beleaguered tech giant Yahoo. Verizon confirmed it would acquire Yahoo's core business for $4.8 billion. CEO Marissa Mayer, who took over Yahoo in 2012 to help spark a turnaround, says she plans to stay with the company as it makes the move to join AOL. Mayer is the latest top executive at Yahoo to struggle with turning around the former Silicon Valley heavyweight. Here's a history of the executives who held Yahoo's top job: Stock price when started: $33 Stock price when left: $20.18 Highlights: Known as the “grown up” at a very young company, Koogle drove Yahoo to its peak, moving the start-up from a simple search engine to a Silicon Valley giant. When Yahoo launched its initial public offering on April 12, 1996, it closed...
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