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
refuse
I refuse to be stereotyped.
keys html long
The prime reason the Google homepage is so bare is due to the fact that the founders didn't know HTML and just wanted a quick interface. In fact, it was noted that the SUBMIT button was a long time coming and hitting the RETURN key was the only way to burst Google into life.
math unusual math-and-science
I was always good at math and science, and I never realized that that was unusual or somehow undesirable.
technology talent company
Talent is what drives technology companies,
mom mother giving
I’ve come to realize that being a mother makes me a better executive, because motherhood forces prioritization. Being a mom gives you so much more clarity on what is important.
prioritize
You have to ruthlessly prioritize.
want what-you-want
What you want, when you want it. As opposed to everything you could ever want, even when you don't.
vacation long pace
I pace myself by taking a week-long vacation every four months.
enhance utility web
We want to enhance the utility of the Web for users.
best
Well, I have one of the best jobs in the world.
trade useful
We think this will be a very useful tool, but you will have to give up some of your privacy. For many of us, that trade off will make a lot of sense.
amazing appear compute given power scale starting web
I think what's really amazing is that given the scale of the web and getting the compute power we have today, we're starting to see things that appear intelligent but actually aren't semantically intelligent.