Go Daddy appoints Yahoo executive as CEO

US-GODADDY-CEO:Go Daddy appoints Yahoo executive as CEO

(Reuters) - Go Daddy, one of the world's largest web hosting companies, appointed Yahoo Inc's Chief Product Officer Blake Irving as chief executive.

Irving's appointment will be effective January 7, 2013. He succeeds Go Daddy's interim CEO since July, Scott Wagner.

(Reporting by Neha Alawadhi in Bangalore; Editing by Joyjeet Das)

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