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
providing results saw search user users
This has been one of the longstanding unfilled user needs. We saw a search need where we weren't providing users with the highest-quality results that we could.
imagine job operating system using
I can imagine an operating system that some day does a better job storing your data, using (a) network.
lists bottom
Success is never getting to the bottom of your to-do list.
picks
Pick something and make it great.
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.
innovation vision born
Innovation is born from the interaction between constraint and vision.
fundraising becoming company
We were very focused on becoming profitable from a very early time, which was not true of most companies in the bubble
refuse
I refuse to be stereotyped.
prioritize
You have to ruthlessly prioritize.
vacation long pace
I pace myself by taking a week-long vacation every four months.