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Marissa Mayer
Marissa Mayer, 2013
Born
Marissa Ann Mayer

(1975-05-30) May 30, 1975 (age 49)
Wausau, Wisconsin, United States
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStanford University (B.S. & M.S)
Occupation(s)President & CEO, Yahoo![1]
Computer programming instructor, Stanford University
EmployerYahoo!
Board member ofCooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum
New York City Ballet
Jawbone[citation needed]
San Francisco Ballet
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Walmart[2]
SpouseZachary Bogue (2009–present)[3]
Children1

Marissa Ann Mayer (pronounced /ˈmaɪər/;[8] born May 30, 1975) is President and CEO of Yahoo!. Previously, she was a long-time executive and key spokesperson for Google.[9][10][11] Mayer was ranked number 14 on the list of America's most powerful businesswomen of 2012 by Fortune magazine.[12]

Early life and education

Mayer was born in Wausau, Wisconsin, the daughter of Margaret Mayer, an art teacher of Finnish descent,[13] and Michael Mayer, an engineer.[14][15] After graduating from Wausau West High School in 1993,[16] Mayer was selected by Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson as one of the state's two delegates to attend the National Youth Science Camp in West Virginia.[17]

Mayer graduated with honors from Stanford University with a B.S. in symbolic systems and an M.S. in computer science. For both degrees, she specialized in artificial intelligence. In 2009, the Illinois Institute of Technology granted Mayer an honoris causa doctorate degree in recognition of her work in the field of search.[18][19]

Career

Mayer joined Google in 1999 as employee number 20 and was the company's first female engineer.[20][21] During her 13 years with the company, she was an engineer, designer, product manager and executive. Mayer held key roles in Google Search, Google Images, Google News, Google Maps, Google Books, Google Product Search, Google Toolbar, iGoogle and Gmail. She also oversaw the layout of Google's well-known, unadorned search homepage.[22][23] In her final years with Google, she was Vice President of Local, Maps, and Location Services and, before that, vice president of search products and user experience.[24]

Prior to joining Google, Mayer had done internships at SRI International in Menlo Park, California and the UBS research lab Ubilab in Zurich, Switzerland.[25][26]

On July 16, 2012, Mayer was appointed President and CEO of Yahoo!, effective the following day. She is also a member of the company's board of directors.[27][28] In February 2013, Mayer oversaw a major personnel policy change at Yahoo! which required that all remote-working employees convert to in-office roles.[29] Having worked from home toward the end of her pregnancy, Mayer returned to work after giving birth to a boy, and had a nursery built next to her office suite. Shortly thereafter, she was criticised for the telecommuting ban.[30]

In April 2013, Mayer changed Yahoo's maternity leave policy, lengthening its time allowance and providing a cash bonus to parents.[31] CNN noted this was in line with other Silicon Valley companies such as Facebook and Mayer's former employer Google. [32]

On May 20, 2013, Mayer led Yahoo to acquire Tumblr in a 1.1 billion dollar acquisition.[33]

In 2013, Mayer ranked 32 in the Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women.[34]

In July 2013 Yahoo reported a fall in revenues, but a rise in profits compared with the same period in the previous year. In her announcement Mayer chose to ignore the continued revenue slide, and instead hailed the company's relentless release of new mobile offerings. Reaction on Wall Street was muted, with shares falling 1.7%.[35]

Boards and honors

As well as sitting on the boards of directors of Walmart, Jawbone and Yahoo! Mayer also sits on several non-profit boards such as Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[36][37][38][39]

Mayer actively invests in technology companies, including crowd-sourced design retailer Minted,[40] live video platform Airtime,[citation needed] and mobile payments processor Square.[citation needed]

Mayer was named to Fortune magazine's annual list of America's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 with ranks at 50, 44, 42, 38 and 14 respectively.[41] In 2008, at age 33, she was the youngest woman ever listed. Mayer was named one of Glamour Magazine's Women of the Year in 2009.[42]

She was named to Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2012 and 2013 with ranks at 20 and 32 respectively.

She was named to Time 100 in 2013.

Personal life

Mayer married lawyer and investor Zachary Bogue on December 12, 2009.[43][44]

On the same day Yahoo! announced her hiring, Mayer revealed that she was pregnant.[44][45][46] Mayer gave birth to a baby boy on September 30, 2012.[47] Although she asked for suggestions via social media,[48] the name Macallister was eventually chosen for her baby's name from an existing list.[49]

Mayer is Lutheran.[4] She has stated her priorities as being, "God, family and Yahoo!; in that order," a reference to legendary Green Bay Packers Coach, Vince Lombardi who said, "Your god, your family and the Green Bay Packers; in that order".[50]

References

  1. ^ Womack, Brian (2010-10-12). "Google Executive Marissa Mayer Takes New Role in Location, Local Services". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  2. ^ "Walmart Board of Directors Nominates New Candidate: Marissa Mayer to stand for election at Walmart's 2012 Annual Shareholders' Meeting". Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 2012-04-16. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  3. ^ Singer, Sally (2009-12-14). "The Bride Wore Snowflakes". Vogue. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  4. ^ a b "Yahoo CEO Mayer's "God" and "baby is easy" quotes go viral". CNN. 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  5. ^ Davidoff, Steven M. (2012-07-27). "Adding Up Marissa Mayer's Pay at Yahoo". New York Times Dealbook. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  6. ^ Bradshaw, Tim. "Yahoo Pays Chief Marissa Mayer $36 Million for First 6 Months". Financial Times. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  7. ^ "The real reason Marissa Mayer left Google: She had to". VentureBeat. 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  8. ^ "Musicians@Google Presents: Google Goes Gaga". YouTube. 2010-09-19. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  9. ^ Mayer, M. (2008). "Innovation, design, and simplicity at google". ACM SIGCSE Bulletin. 40: 199. doi:10.1145/1352322.1352205.
  10. ^ Holson, Laura (2009-03-01). "Putting a Bolder Face on Google". The New York Times. p. BU-1.
  11. ^ Stone, Brad (2012-07-16). "Marissa Mayer Is Yahoo's New CEO". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  12. ^ "Fortune Most Powerful Women in Business: Gini Rommetty and Indra Nooyi on Top - IBTimes UK". Ibtimes.co.uk. 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  13. ^ Jännäri, Jenny (2011-11-09). "Google-johtaja vieraili Suomessa sukujuurillaan". Kauppalehti. Retrieved 2012-07-16. English title: "Google vice president visits the land of her ancestors".
  14. ^ "Marissa Mayer: The Talent Scout". Businessweek. 2006-06-18. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  15. ^ Chernin, Andrew (2010-01-16). "La mujer fuerte de Google". Qué Pasa. Quepasa. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  16. ^ "Did You Know?" (PDF). WSD Dialogue. Wausau School District. Spring 2010. p. 11. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  17. ^ Nalley, Steven (2012-06-28). "Wang attends National Youth Science Camp". Starkville Daily News. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  18. ^ "Google VP Marissa Mayer to Address 2009 IIT Graduates". IIT Media Room. Illinois Institute of Technology. 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
  19. ^ "IIT Media Room". Iit.edu. 2009-05-18. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  20. ^ Sloan, Paul (2012-07-16). "Google's Marissa Mayer becomes Yahoo CEO". CNET. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  21. ^ Guglielmo, Connie (2012-07-16). "Google's Page Says Mayer Will Be Missed; HP's Whitman Welcomes Yahoo's New CEO". Forbes. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  22. ^ Sorkin, Andrew Ross (2012-07-16). "A Yahoo Search Calls Up a Chief From Google". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-08-26. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthor= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ Levy, Steven (2011). "Part Four: Google's Cloud". In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4165-9658-5.
  24. ^ Miller, Claire Cain (2010-10-12). "At Google, Mayer Takes a New Job". The New York Times Bits Blog. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  25. ^ Drescher, Io (2010-06-15). "Meet Marissa Mayer". Silicon Valley Curious. Retrieved 2010-06-18.[dead link]"(WayBackMachine page archive)". Archived from the original on 2010-08-06.
  26. ^ Marissa Mayer 92Y Interview (YouTube)
  27. ^ Chang, Andrea (2012-07-16). "Google executive Marissa Mayer named Yahoo's new chief executive". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  28. ^ Oreskovic, Alexei (2012-07-16). "Yahoo snags Google's Mayer as CEO in surprise hire". MSNBC. Reuters. Retrieved 2012-07-18. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  29. ^ "Why Marissa Mayer Told Remote Employees To Work In An Office ... Or Quit". Business Insider. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  30. ^ Guynn, Jessica (2013-02-26). "Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer causes uproar with telecommuting ban". latimes.com. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  31. ^ Nicholas Carlson (2013-04-30). "Marissa Mayer Doubles Yahoo's Paid Maternity Leave, Gives Dads Eight Weeks Off". Business Insider. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  32. ^ Pepitone, Julianne (2013-04-30). "Marissa Mayer extends Yahoo's maternity leave - CNNMoney - Apr. 30, 2013". Money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
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  34. ^ "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  35. ^ BBC News - Yahoo revenue falls on slow ad sales. Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2013-07-18.
  36. ^ Jeff Blagdon. "Yahoo's Marissa Mayer joins Jawbone board". The Verge. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  37. ^ Savitz, Eric (2012-04-16). "Wal-Mart Names Google's Marissa Mayer To Its Board". Forbes. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
  38. ^ "Yahoo's new boss Marissa Mayer could see pay top $70m". BBC. 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  39. ^ "Wal-Mart Nominates Google's Marissa Mayer to Board". Bloomberg. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  40. ^ "Benchmark, Marissa Mayer Put $5.5M In Stationery Design And Retail Site Minted". TechCrunch.
  41. ^ "14. Marissa Mayer". 50 Most Powerful Women in Business. CNNMoney.com. 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  42. ^ Rao, Leena (2009-11-06). "Marissa Mayer Chosen As A Glamour Magazine Woman Of The Year". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  43. ^ Bigelow, Catherine (2009-12-23). "Google Employee No. 20 gets hitched". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
  44. ^ a b Sellers, Patricia (2012-07-16). "New Yahoo CEO Mayer is pregnant". Postcards. CNNMoney.com. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  45. ^ Cain Miller, Claire (2012-07-17). "Marissa Mayer, New Yahoo Chief, Is Pregnant". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  46. ^ "Google's Marissa Mayer is Yahoo CEO, says she's pregnant". The Times of India. 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  47. ^ Carlson, Nickolas. "Marissa Mayer Had A Baby Boy!". Business Insider. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  48. ^ Gaynes, Sarah. "Waaaa-hoo! Yahoo CEO asks others to name baby". Bostonherald.com. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  49. ^ Sellers, Patricia. "Yahoo CEO Mayer reveals her baby's name". CNN Money. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  50. ^ Marissa Mayer on God, family and Yahoo, November 28, 2012
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