Yahoo has ended the brief tenure of its latest chief executive over a false biography of him in a regulatory filing spiraled into a major embarrassment for the ailing Internet company and a big victory for an activist investor. Scott Thompson, whom Yahoo hired as CEO in January, agreed to resign over the weekend after the company’s board obtained evidence that contradicted his claim of innocence about his misstated academic record, people familiar with the matter said. In particular, an executive-search firm provided Yahoo with information that appeared to show Mr. Thompson years ago had knowingly claimed he had earned a degree which he hadn’t. Today it’s reported Thompson has said he had thyroid cancer. .
