Marissa Mayer

Quick Facts

Full Name	Marissa Mayer
Occupation	Business Executive
Date Of Birth	May 30, 1975(1975-05-30)
Age	49
Birthplace	Wausau
Country	United States
Birth City	Wisconsin
Horoscope	Taurus

Marissa Mayer Biography

Marissa Mayer is one of the most popular and richest Business Executive who was born on May 30, 1975 in Wausau, Wisconsin, United States. She was appointed the CEO of Yahoo in 2012, and during her first year in Yahoo, she aided the price of Yahoo stock to rise to over 70. She announced in 2017, she was leaving the post following Yahoo was acquired by Verizon.

She has credited She credited Jerry Yang for some of Yahoo!’s success due to his investment into Chinese search engine Alibaba. for part of Yahoo! ‘s growth through his investment in Chinese Google’s search engine Alibaba.

When she was attending Wausau West High School, Mayer was on the curling team and the precision dance team. She excelled in chemistry, calculus, biology, and physics. She took part in extracurricular activities, becoming president of her high school’s Spanish club, treasurer of the Key Club, captain of the debate team, and captain of the pom-pom squad. Her high school debate team won the Wisconsin state championship and the pom-pom squad was the state runner- up. During high school, she worked as a grocery clerk. After graduating from high school in 1993, Mayer was selected by Tommy Thompson, then the Governor of Wisconsin, as one of the state’s two delegates to attend the National Youth Science Camp in West Virginia.

Intending to become a pediatric neurosurgeon, Mayer took pre-med classes at Stanford University. She later switched her major from pediatric neuroscience to symbolic systems, a major which combined philosophy, cognitive psychology, linguistics, and computer science. At Stanford, she danced in the university ballet’s Nutcracker, was a member of parliamentary debate, volunteered at children’s hospitals, and helped bring computer science education to Bermuda’s schools. During her junior year, she taught a class in symbolic systems, with Eric S. Roberts as her supervisor. The class was so well received by students that Roberts asked Mayer to teach another class over the summer. Mayer went on to graduate with honors from Stanford with a BS in symbolic systems in 1997 and an MS in computer science in 1999. For both degrees, her specialization was in artificial intelligence. For her undergraduate thesis, she built travel-recommendation software that advised users in natural-sounding human language. In 2009, the Illinois Institute of Technology granted Mayer an honoris causa doctorate degree in recognition of her work in the field of search.

She got married to Zachary Bogue in 2009. Zachary and her husband had baby boy in 2012, and twin girls in 2015.

Marissa Mayer Net Worth

Marissa Mayer is one of the richest Business Executive from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Marissa Mayer 's net worth $600 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was number 20 at Google She stayed at Google over 13 years.

When she was Yahoo the CEO of Yahoo, She ended the possibility of employees working from home. This became very controversial and a widely-publicized decision.

Marissa Ann Mayer (/ˈ m aɪ . ər / ; born May 30, 1975) is an American businesswoman and investor. She is an information technology executive, and co-founder of Lumi Labs. Mayer formerly served as the president and chief executive officer of Yahoo!, a position she held from July 2012. It was announced in January 2017 that she would step down from the company’s board upon the sale of Yahoo!’s operating business to Verizon Communications for $4.8 billion. She would not join the newly combined company, now called Verizon Media (formerly Oath), and announced her resignation on June 13, 2017. She is a graduate of Stanford University and was a long-time executive, usability leader, and key spokeswoman for Google (employee #20).

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Who is Marissa Mayer Dating?

According to our records, Marissa Mayer married to Zachary Bogue. As of December 1, 2023, Marissa Mayer’s is not dating anyone.

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Mayer was named one of Glamour Magazine’ s Women of the Year in 2009. She was listed in Forbes Magazine’s List of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women in 2012, 2013 and 2014, with ranks of 20, 32 and 18 respectively.

Facts & Trivia

Marissa Ranked on the list of most popular Business Executive. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Marissa Mayer celebrates birthday on May 30 of every year.

On July 16, 2012, Mayer was appointed president and CEO of Yahoo!, effective the following day. She was also a member of the company’s board of directors. At the time of her appointment, Yahoo’s numbers had been falling behind those of Google for over a year and the company had been through several top management changes. To simplify the bureaucratic process and “make the culture the best version of itself”, Mayer launched a new online program called PB&J. It collects employee complaints, as well as their votes on problems in the office; if a problem generates at least 50 votes, online management automatically investigates the matter. In February 2013, Mayer oversaw a major personnel policy change at Yahoo! that required all remote-working employees to convert to in-office roles. Having worked from home toward the end of her pregnancy, Mayer returned to work after giving birth to a boy, and built a mother’s room next to her office suite—Mayer was consequently criticized for the telecommuting ban. In April 2013, Mayer changed Yahoo!’s maternity leave policy, lengthening its time allowance and providing a cash bonus to parents. CNN noted this was in line with other Silicon Valley companies, such as Facebook and Google. Mayer has been criticized for many of her management decisions in pieces by The New York Times and The New Yorker.

What's Marissa Mayer doing now?

Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer on Wednesday announced the launch of Sunshine, a consumer apps start-up. Sunshine is Mayer’s first venture and return to the spotlight since stepping down from her role as Yahoo chief executive after the 2017 completion of the company’s $4.48 billion sale to Verizon.

Who is Marissa Mayer's husband?

Zachary Bogue

Is Marissa Mayer a billionaire?

Net Worth:$600 Million
Profession:| Computer Scientist, Engineer, Businessperson
Nationality:| United States of America

What did Marissa Mayer invent?

Mayer designed the search interface of Google’s home page. As the product manager for the company’s search engine, Google Search, for more than 10 years, she was credited with increasing the number of daily searches from a few hundred thousand to more than a billion.

How much does the CEO of Yahoo make?

Marissa Mayer’s Yahoo CEO compensation nearly $60 million.