Marissa Mayer

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Details

Date of Birth:
May 30, 1975
Height:
5' 8"
Hometown:
Wausau

Bio:
Marissa Mayer (born Marissa Ann Mayer in Wausau, Wisconsin on May 30, 1975) is currently the president and CEO of Yahoo! Marissa graduated from Standford University and immediately began to work at Google. While there she held various positions from 1999 to 2012 and was the company’s first female engineer. In 2012 she left Google to work at Yahoo!. She made headlines in 2013 for requiring all “remote” employees to work in-office. After giving birth to her son in September 2012 she had a nursery built in her office. She also changed Yahoo!’s maternity police and extended it. Marissa also helped Yahoo! acquire Tumblr for $1.1 billion.

Best Known For:

Marissa is best known for being the president and CEO of Yahoo!

Personal Life:

Marissa married lawyer Zachary Bogue on Dec. 12, 2009. They gave birth to their first child on Sept. 30, 2012. On Aug. 31, 2015 she announced that she was pregnant with twin girls and later gave birth on Dec. 10.