Marissa Mayer
Marissa Mayer
Marissa Ann Mayeris an American information technology executive, currently serving as the president and Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo!, a position she has held since July 2012. She is a graduate of Stanford, and was a long-time executive, usability leader, and key spokesperson for Google...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth30 May 1975
CityWausau, WI
CountryUnited States of America
user-experience users
The utmost thing is the user experience, to have the most useful experience.
jocks ruffles computer
You can wear ruffles; you can be a jock, and you can still be a great computer scientist, or a great technologist, or a great product designer.
badass technology thinking
I love technology, and I don't think it's something that should divide along gender lines.
night thinking glasses
When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night.
google firsts engineers
I was Google's first woman engineer.
simplicity
I've always liked simplicity.
powerful stories world
Walmart is an amazing story of entrepreneurship and, as one of the world's most powerful brands, touches millions of lives every day.
giving-up responsibility roles
Shifting toward management meant greater responsibility and influence, but it also meant giving up programming day-to-day in my role, which was hard because it took me out of my comfort zone.
passion passionate gender
Find something you're passionate about and just love. Passion is really gender neutralizing.
innovation vision born
Innovation is born from the interaction between constraint and vision.
years google ifs
I love Google. I was there for 13 years, and if you told me I'd be as happy anywhere else, I would've probably doubted it. But I am as happy, if not happier, at Yahoo.
long maternity week
My maternity leave will be a few weeks long, and I'll work throughout it.
use geek stem
I'm a geek, I like to code, I even like to use spreadsheets when I cook.
enough dangerous knows
I’m not a pro, but I know enough to be dangerous.