雅虎CEO斯科特·湯普森原本被外界所稱是幫助雅虎逆境扭轉乾坤的希望。但是好景不長，雅虎本身就火燒眉頭了，現在這波未平，那波又起，在5月3日，湯普森被高調指出其簡歷中描述的學歷與事實不符。

湯普森對外公布的資料顯示，他具有會計、計算機雙學位。Third Point的CEO丹尼爾·洛布在寫給雅虎董事會的一封信中指出，雖然湯普森在簡歷中寫著他從斯通希爾大學獲得了計算機科學學士學位，但該所大學是在湯普森畢業4年之后才開始頒發該學位的證書。湯普森在該大學獲得的是會計學學士學位，并沒有計算機學位。

2012年05月07日雅虎發言人已經發布聲明，稱雅虎在描述湯普森擁有計算機科學的學歷方面“犯了粗心大意的錯誤”，但堅持稱湯普森擁有會計學方面的文憑。不過，該發言人還辯駁稱，勒布以此為由聲稱湯普森不適合擔任雅虎首席執行官的論斷也不合理。

以下為聲明全文：

The proxy fight between Yahoo and activist shareholder firm Third Point just got extra nasty。

Third Point came out swinging late Thursday with an allegation that Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson lied about his college degree -- and on Friday, the activist shareholder firm called for Thompson's ouster。

In a series of published biographical statements stretching back for years -- including his bio on Yahoo's website -- Thompson has said that he "holds a Bachelor's degree in accounting and computer science" from Stonehill College。

But his degree is actually only in accounting, a fact Third Point discovered and pointed out in a scathing letter to Yahoo's board of directors。

After the letter was released, Yahoo sent out a statement saying references to Thompson earning a computer science degree were an "inadvertent error."

It's an error Thompson made repeatedly. References to Thompson's nonexistent computer science degree are featured in his bios on sites for PayPal, the eBay subsidiary where he previously served as president。

Stonehill, a small Roman Catholic college in Massachusetts, also confirmed to CNNMoney that Thompson's only degree is in accounting。

Third Point called Yahoo's response "inadequate" in a Friday statement: "To assert that years of inaccurate SEC filings, website biographies and ... were 'inadvertent' is, in our view, the height of arrogance."

Third Point wants the Yahoo board to fire Thompson for cause, and to take three other major actions by noon on Monday: Reveal the vetting process for Thompson's appointment as CEO, explain the process for nominating board directors, and disclose whether any Yahoo board members knew about Thompson's college degree inaccuracy。

Yahoo, which quickly stripped all references to Thompson's degree out of his official bio on Yahoo's website, said the error "in no way alters that fact that Mr. Thompson is a highly qualified executive with a successful track record leading large consumer technology companies."

Yahoo updated its statement late Thursday to add that its board will be reviewing the issue and will, when that probe is completed, "make an appropriate disclosure to shareholders."

Dan Loeb, the CEO of Third Point, has a long history of launching proxy fights -- and Yahoo is the latest company in his crosshairs. In February, Third Point filed paperwork proposing four new Yahoo board members, including Loeb himself。

Yahoo doesn't want to play ball, and Third Point's subsequent proxy letters have been filled with vitriol。

One choice line from Thursday's letter: "We learned that during Mr. Thompson's tenure at Stonehill only one such course was even offered -- Intro to Computer Science. Presumably, Mr. Thompson took that course."