According to several people close to the situation, Yahoo has hired McKinsey & Co. to help the company decide which units to shutter, which to sell and which to invest more in. The move comes as the company’s long-in-the-tooth spinoff of its Alibaba Group asset moves to completion. Sources said that the consulting firm was meeting with top execs to begin the process of figuring out how to organize the Silicon Valley Internet company’s core businesses going forward.
Source: Yahoo Hires McKinsey to Mull Reorg, as Mayer Demands Exec Pledge to Stay | Re/code