Marissa Mayer

Updated: 11/16/2019 by Computer Hope
Marissa Mayer

Name: Marissa Mayer

Born: May 30, 1975, in Wausau, Wisconsin USA

Computer-related contributions

  • Former Yahoo CEO.
  • Former vice president of Location and Local Services at Google. She has become one of the public faces of Google, providing many press interviews and appearing at events frequently to speak on behalf of the company.
  • Mayer was the first female engineer hired at Google and one of their first 20 employees, joining the company in June 1999.

Honors and awards

  • Fortune magazine lists her as one of the 50 most powerful women in the world and the youngest woman ever to make the list.
  • Named as one of Glamour Magazine's 2009 Women of the Year.

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