Marissa Ann Mayer
President and Chief Executive Officer
Yahoo! Inc.
- Born in in 1975 in Wisconsin.
- Obtained her BS in Symbolic Systems and MS in Computer Science from Stanford University; specialised in artificial intelligence.
- Awarded the Centennial Teaching Award and Forsythe Award by Stanford for her contribution to undergraduate education.
- Worked at the Union Bank of Switzerland research lab and the Stanford Research Institute prior to joining Google.
- Was Google's 20th employee and first female engineer when she was hired in 1999.
- Was one of the three-person team that developed the Ad Words, which is the cornerstone of Google's business model.
- Was crucial in developing Google's search, email, news, and maps products.
- Oversaw the efficient look-and-feel of the Google experience.
- Awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the Illinois Institute of Technology for her work in the development of search engines.
- Among Fortune magazine's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business in 2008-2011.
- Was Google's vice president for search before being moved to local and location services in 2010.
- Appointed President and CEO of Yahoo! on 16 July 2012.
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