Yahoo CEO Wrongly Claimed To Have Degree In Computer Science

jmcbain writes "Scott Thompson, Yahoo!'s CEO who was hired on January 4 of this year, was found to have lied about his CS degree from Stone Hill College. Investigation from an activist shareholder revealed that his degree was actually in accounting, and apparently Thompson had been going with this lie since the time he served as president of PayPal's payments unit."

Comments

Re:I would've went with accounting

[wmac1]

My question is that, how dare someone at a top position tell such a big lie? Aren't people supposed to provide a copy of their degrees when they get a job in USA?

Nowadays it is so easy to find out whether a degree is real or not. A simple email, online alumni lists ...

As an example of high profile fake degree owners, a few years ago Iranian interior minister was impeached and sacked by parliament for a fake degree: http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/nov/04/oxforduniversity-highereducation-iran

Re:I would've went with accounting

[flyneye]

Theres no accounting for some people...