Marissa Mayer

{{short description|American business executive and engineer, former CEO of Yahoo!}}

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| image = Marissa Mayer, World Economic Forum 2013 III.jpg

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| birth_name = Marissa Ann Mayer

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|05|30}}

| birth_place = Wausau, Wisconsin, U.S.

| education = Stanford University (BS, MS)

| occupation = Co-founder, Sunshine Contacts{{cite web|url=https://sunshine.com|title=Sunshine - Sunshine|publisher=Sunshine |access-date=December 29, 2018 }}

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| spouse = {{marriage|Zachary Bogue|2009}}

| children = 3

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Marissa Ann Mayer ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|aɪ|.|ər}}; born May 30, 1975) is an American business executive and investor who served as president and chief executive officer of Yahoo! from 2012 to 2017, when it was sold to Verizon. She was a long-time executive, usability leader and key spokesperson for Google (employee No. 20). Mayer later co-founded Sunshine, a startup technology company.{{Cite web |last=Perez |first=Sarah |date=2020-11-18 |title=Marissa Mayer's startup launches its first official product, Sunshine Contacts |url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/18/marissa-mayers-startup-launches-its-first-official-product-sunshine-contacts/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}

Early life

Mayer was born in Wausau, Wisconsin, the daughter of Margaret Mayer, an art teacher of Finnish descent,{{cite web|title=Google-johtaja vieraili Suomessa sukujuurillaan|url=http://www.kauppalehti.fi/etusivu/google-johtaja+vieraili+suomessa+sukujuurillaan/201111102319?|work=Kauppalehti|first=Jenny|last=Jännäri|date=November 9, 2011|access-date=July 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022110632/http://www.kauppalehti.fi/etusivu/google-johtaja+vieraili+suomessa+sukujuurillaan/201111102319|archive-date=October 22, 2013|url-status=dead}} English title: "Google vice president visits the land of her ancestors". and Michael Mayer, an environmental engineer who worked for water companies.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/hail-to-the-chief-yahoos-marissa-mayer/#3 |title=Yahoo's Marissa Mayer: Hail to the Chief |magazine=Vogue |date=August 16, 2013 |last=Weisberg |first=Jacob |access-date=August 24, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823053005/http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/hail-to-the-chief-yahoos-marissa-mayer/#3 |archive-date=August 23, 2013}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2006-06-18/marissa-mayer-the-talent-scout |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720014522/http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2006-06-18/marissa-mayer-the-talent-scout |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 20, 2012 |title=Marissa Mayer: The Talent Scout |magazine=Businessweek |date=June 18, 2006 |access-date=August 8, 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.quepasa.cl/articulo/23_1942_9.shtml|title=La mujer fuerte de Google|first=Andrew|last=Chernin|work=Qué Pasa|date=January 16, 2010|publisher=Quepasa|access-date=August 8, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031001630/http://www.quepasa.cl/articulo/23_1942_9.shtml|archive-date=October 31, 2012}} Her grandfather, Clem Mayer, had polio when he was seven and served as mayor of Jackson, Wisconsin, for 32 years.{{cite web|url=http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/07/marissa-mayer-from-finland-to-yahoo/ |title=Marissa Mayer" From Finland to Yahoo! |publisher=MyHeritage |date=July 18, 2012 |access-date=October 9, 2014 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.milwaukeemag.com/article/5142013-MightyMayer |title=Mighty Mayer |publisher=Milwaukee Mag |date=May 14, 2013 |first=Matt |last=Hrodey |access-date=October 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014152700/http://www.milwaukeemag.com/article/5142013-MightyMayer |archive-date=October 14, 2014 |url-status=dead }} She has a younger brother. She would later describe herself as having been "painfully shy" as a child and teenager.{{cite web |last=Carlson |first=Nicholas |date=August 25, 2013 |title=The Truth About Marissa Mayer: An Unauthorised Biography |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/marissa-mayer-biography-2013-8 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825204024/http://www.businessinsider.com/marissa-mayer-biography-2013-8 |archive-date=August 25, 2013 |access-date=October 1, 2014 |website=Business Insider}}

She "never had fewer than one after-school activity per day," participating in ballet, ice-skating, piano, swimming, debates, and the Brownies. During middle school and high school, she took piano and ballet lessons, the latter of which taught her "criticism and discipline, poise, and confidence". At an early age, she showed an interest in mathematics and science.{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/marissa-mayer-20902689#early-life|title=Marissa Mayer - Business Leader, Computer Programmer, Engineer|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323021544/https://www.biography.com/people/marissa-mayer-20902689|date=October 2012|archive-date=2018-03-23|website=Biography.com}}

Education

=Wausau West High School=

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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/business/2014/01/marissa-mayer-yahoo-google |title=Yahoo's Geek Goddess |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=January 2014 |first=Bethany |last=McLean |access-date=October 9, 2014 }} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2012-jul-16-la-fi-tn-marissa-mayer-yahoo-himi-20120716-story.html |title=Look back at Marissa Mayer's 2011 Los Angeles Times interview |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=July 16, 2012 |first=Salvador |last=Rodriguez |access-date=October 9, 2014 }} 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.

=Stanford University=

Intending to become a pediatric neurosurgeon,{{cite magazine|url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/marissa-mayer-googles-chic-geek |title=Marissa Mayer: Google's Chic Geek |magazine=IEEE Spectrum |date=March 30, 2012 |first=Tekla S. |last=Perry |access-date=October 1, 2014 }} Mayer took pre-med classes at Stanford University. She later switched her concentration 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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/from-the-archives-marissa-mayer-machine-dreams |title=From the Archives: Google's Marissa Mayer in Vogue |magazine=Vogue |date=March 28, 2012 |first=Sally |last=Singer |access-date=September 11, 2023}}

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,{{cite magazine|url=http://fortune.com/2011/12/01/googles-marissa-mayer-how-i-got-ahead/ |title=Google's Marissa Mayer: How I got ahead |magazine=Fortune |date=December 1, 2011 |first=Colleen |last=Leahey |access-date=October 1, 2014 }}{{Cite web |title=Marissa Mayer - Business Executive - Interviewees - Life Stories |url=https://www.lifestories.org/interviewees/marissa-mayer |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=www.lifestories.org |language=en}} and an MS in computer science in 1999.{{cite news|url=http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/07/19/marissa-mayer-97-becomes-ceo-of-yahoo/ |title=Marissa Mayer '97 becomes CEO of Yahoo |newspaper=The Stanford Daily |date=July 19, 2012 |access-date=October 1, 2014 }} 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.

=Illinois Institute of Technology=

In 2009, the Illinois Institute of Technology granted Mayer an honoris causa doctorate degree in recognition of her work in the field of search.{{cite web|url=http://www.iit.edu/departments/pr/mediaroom/article_viewer_db.php?articleID=369 |title=IIT Media Room |publisher=Iit.edu |date=May 18, 2009 |access-date=June 14, 2013}}

Mayer interned at SRI International in Menlo Park, California, and Ubilab, UBS's research lab based in Zurich, Switzerland. She holds several patents in artificial intelligence and interface design.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/17/tech/web/fast-facts-marissa-mayer/ |title=Know Yahoo's Marissa Mayer in 11 facts |work=CNN|date=July 17, 2012 |first=John D. |last=Sutter |access-date=October 9, 2014 }}{{cite press release|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120716006348/en/Yahoo!-Appoints-Marissa-Mayer-Chief-Executive-Officer#.VDhV0fldUrX |title=Yahoo! Appoints Marissa Mayer Chief Executive Officer |publisher=Business Wire |date=July 16, 2012 |access-date=October 10, 2014 }}

Career

=Google (1999–2012)=

File:Marissa Mayer, Search On 2010.jpg

After graduating from Stanford, Mayer received 14 job offers, including a teaching job at Carnegie Mellon University and a consulting job at McKinsey & Company. She joined Google in 1999 as employee number 20. She started out writing code and overseeing small teams of engineers, developing and designing Google's search offerings. She became known for her attention to detail, which helped land her a promotion to product manager,{{cite magazine|url=https://nymag.com/thecut/2012/10/marissa-mayer-yahoo-ceo.html |title=Can Marissa Mayer Really Have It All? |magazine=New York Magazine |date=October 7, 2012 |first=Lisa |last=Miller |access-date=October 9, 2014 }}{{Cite book|url=https://www.crackingthepmcareer.com/|title=Cracking the PM career|last2=McDowell|first2=Gayle Laakmann|last1=Bavaro|year=2021|first1=Jackie|isbn=978-0984782895|location=Palo Alto, CA|oclc=1239322919|author-link2=Gayle Laakmann McDowell}} and later she became director of consumer web products.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/56804/beauty-simplicity |title=THE BEAUTY OF SIMPLICITY |magazine=The Fast Company |date=November 1, 2005 |first=Linda |last=Tischler |access-date=October 9, 2014 }} She oversaw the layout of Google's well-known, unadorned search homepage. She was also on the three-person team responsible for Google AdWords, which is an advertising platform that allows businesses to show their product to relevant potential customers based on their search terms. AdWords helped deliver 96% of the company's revenue in the first quarter of 2011.

File:Marissa Mayer interview in 2011 III.jpg

In 2002, Mayer started the Associate Product Manager (APM) program, a Google mentorship initiative to recruit new talents and cultivate them for leadership roles. Each year, Mayer selected a number of junior employees for the two-year program, where they took on extracurricular assignments and intensive evening classes. Notable graduates of the program include Bret Taylor and Justin Rosenstein.{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/marissa-mayer-google-associate-product-manager-alumni-2012-7?op=1 |title=MARISSA'S MARVELS: The Graduates Of Her Google Genius School |website=Business Insider |date=July 23, 2012 |first=Owen |last=Thomas |access-date=October 7, 2014 }} In 2005, Mayer became Vice President of Search Products and User Experience.{{cite magazine|url=https://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/fortune/how_i_work/frameset.exclude.html |title=Marissa Mayer |magazine=Fortune |access-date=October 9, 2014 }} Mayer held key roles in Google Search, Google Images, Google News, Google Maps, Google Books, Google Product Search, Google Toolbar, iGoogle, and Gmail.{{cite web|url=http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-adventures-of-marissa |title=The adventures of Marissa |publisher=San Francisco Magazine |date=February 8, 2008 |first=Julian |last=Guthrie |access-date=October 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009064059/http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-adventures-of-marissa |archive-date=October 9, 2014 }}

Mayer was the vice president of Google Search Products and User Experience until the end of 2010, when she was asked by then-CEO Eric Schmidt to head the Local, Maps, and Location Services. In 2011, she secured Google's acquisition of survey site Zagat for $125 million. While Mayer was working at Google, she taught introductory computer programming at Stanford and mentored students at the East Palo Alto Charter School.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2005-10-02/managing-googles-idea-factory |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720004155/http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2005-10-02/managing-googles-idea-factory |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 20, 2012 |title=Managing Google's Idea Factory |magazine=Bloomberg Businessweek |date=October 2, 2005 |first=Ben |last=Elgin |quote=at Stanford, where she taught computer science to undergrads |access-date=October 9, 2014 }} She was awarded the Centennial Teaching Award and the Forsythe Award from Stanford.{{cite web|url=http://ecorner.stanford.edu/author/marissa_mayer |title=Marissa Mayer |publisher=Stanford University's Entrepreneurship Corner |access-date=October 1, 2014 }}

=Yahoo! (2012–2017)=

File:Michael Arrington and Marissa Mayer at TechCrunch Disrupt.jpg]]

On July 16, 2012, Mayer was appointed president and CEO of Yahoo!, effective the following day. She was already a member of the company's board of directors. At the time of her appointment, Yahoo's financials had been falling behind those of Google for over a year and the company had been undergoing several major managerial 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.{{cite magazine|url=http://fortune.com/2013/10/22/how-yahoo-ceo-mayer-fixed-1000-problems/|title=How Yahoo CEO Mayer fixed 1,000 problems – Postcards|last=Sellers|first=Patricia|date=October 22, 2013|magazine=Fortune|access-date=July 19, 2018}} Some of Mayer's management policies were criticized by The New York Times{{cite news |author=Nicholas Carlson |date=December 17, 2014 |title=What Happened When Marissa Mayer Tried to Be Steve Jobs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/magazine/what-happened-when-marissa-mayer-tried-to-be-steve-jobs.html?_r=0 |access-date=February 22, 2015 |newspaper=The New York Times}} and The New Yorker.{{cite magazine |author=Vauhini Vara |date=October 22, 2014 |title=Yahoo's Dynamic C.E.O. and Her Boring Plan |url=https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/yahoos-dynamic-ceo-boring-plan |access-date=February 22, 2015 |magazine=The New Yorker}}

In February 2013, Mayer oversaw a major personnel policy change at Yahoo! that required all remote-working employees to convert to in-office roles.{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/why-marissa-mayer-told-remote-employees-to-work-in-an-office--or-quit-2013-2|title=Why Marissa Mayer Told Remote Employees To Work in an Office ... Or Quit|date=February 24, 2013|work=Business Insider|access-date=February 24, 2013}} 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 ban on remote work.{{cite news |last=Guynn |first=Jessica |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2013-feb-26-la-fi-yahoo-telecommuting-20130226-story.html |title=Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer causes uproar with telecommuting ban |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 26, 2013 | url-access=limited}} In April 2013, Mayer changed Yahoo!'s maternity leave policy, lengthening its time allowance and providing a cash bonus to parents.{{cite web|first=Nicholas |last=Carlson |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/marissa-mayer-doubles-the-length-of-yahoos-paid-maternity-leave-gives-new-dads-eight-weeks-off-2013-4 |title=Marissa Mayer Doubles Yahoo's Paid Maternity Leave, Gives Dads Eight Weeks Off |website=Business Insider |date=April 30, 2013 |access-date=June 14, 2013}} CNN noted this was in line with other Silicon Valley companies, such as Facebook and Google.{{cite web|last=Pepitone |first=Julianne |url=https://money.cnn.com/2013/04/30/technology/yahoo-maternity-leave/index.html |title=Marissa Mayer extends Yahoo's maternity leave – CNNMoney – Apr. 30, 2013 |publisher=Money.cnn.com |date=April 30, 2013 |access-date=June 14, 2013}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/aug/05/fortune-500-companies-crisis-woman-ceo-yahoo-xerox-jc-penny-economy |title=Women CEOs: Why companies in crisis hire minorities – and then fire them |newspaper=The Guardian |date=August 8, 2014 |first=DG |last=McCullough |access-date=October 9, 2014 }}

On May 20, 2013, Mayer led Yahoo! to acquire Tumblr in a $1.1 billion acquisition.{{cite news|url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324787004578493130789235150 |title=Yahoo Deal Shows Power Shift |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=May 20, 2013 |first1=Joann S. |last1=Lublin |first2=Amir |last2=Efrati |first3=Spencer E. |last3=Ante |access-date=October 10, 2014 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/technology/yahoo-to-buy-tumblr-for-1-1-billion.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |title=Yahoo to Buy Tumblr for $1.1 Billion |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 19, 2013 |first1=Michael J. |last1=de la Merced |first2=Nick |last2=Bilton |first3=Nicole |last3=Perlroth |access-date=October 10, 2014 }} In July 2013, Yahoo! reported a fall in revenues, but a rise in profits compared with the same period in the previous year.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23337176 |title=Yahoo revenue falls on slow ad sales |work=BBC News |date=July 16, 2013 |access-date=July 18, 2013 }} In September 2013, it was reported that the stock price of Yahoo! had doubled over the 14 months since Mayer's appointment.{{cite web|title=6 Things We Learned From Marissa Mayer and Mark Zuckerberg at TechCrunch Disrupt 2013|url=http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2296067/6-Things-We-Learned-From-Marissa-Mayer-and-Mark-Zuckerberg-at-TechCrunch-Disrupt-2013|work=Search Engine Watch|publisher=Incisive Media Incisive Interactive Marketing LLC|access-date=September 23, 2013|author=Victoria Edwards|date=September 21, 2013}} However, much of this growth may be attributed to Yahoo!'s stake in the Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group, which was acquired before Mayer's tenure. By 2016, the value of Tumblr had fallen by $230 million.{{Cite news |last=Goel |first=Vindu |date=2016-07-19 |title=Yahoo Edges Toward Its Sale With a Limp |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/technology/yahoo-revenue-falls-15-percent-and-profit-drops-64-percent.html |access-date=2025-03-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

In November 2013, Mayer instituted a performance review system based on a bell curve ranking of employees, suggesting that managers rank their employees on a bell curve, with those at the low end being fired.{{cite magazine|author=(Yahoo! Inc) |url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-12/yahoos-latest-hr-disaster-ranking-workers-on-a-curve |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112185414/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-12/yahoos-latest-hr-disaster-ranking-workers-on-a-curve |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 12, 2013 |title=Yahoo's Latest HR Disaster: Ranking Workers on a Curve |magazine=Businessweek |date=November 12, 2013 |access-date=November 28, 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://allthingsd.com/20131108/because-marissa-said-so-yahoos-bristle-at-mayers-new-qpr-ranking-system-and-silent-layoffs/ |title="Because Marissa Said So" – Yahoos Bristle at Mayer's New QPR Ranking |first=Kara |last=Swisher |author-link=Kara Swisher |publisher=AllThingsD |date=November 8, 2013 |access-date=November 28, 2013}} Employees complained that some managers were viewing the process as mandatory.

In 2015, former Yahoo! editorial director Scott Ard filed a lawsuit alleging that "Mayer encouraged and fostered the use of an employee performance-rating system to accommodate management’s subjective biases and personal opinions, to the detriment of Yahoo!’s male employees." He claimed that, prior to his firing, he had received "fully satisfactory" performance reviews since starting at the company in 2011 as head of editorial programming for Yahoo!'s home page; however, he was relieved of his role, which was given to a woman who had been recently hired.{{cite web |last=Soergel |first=Andrew |date=October 7, 2016 |title=Lawsuit Accuses Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer of Discrimination Against Men |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-10-07/lawsuit-accuses-yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-of-discrimination-against-men |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008075432/http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-10-07/lawsuit-accuses-yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-of-discrimination-against-men |archive-date=October 8, 2016 |access-date=September 21, 2017 |work=U.S. News & World Report}}{{cite web |author=Ethan Baron |date=October 6, 2016 |title=Lawsuit: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer led illegal purge of male workers |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/06/yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-led-illegal-purge-of-male-employees-lawsuit-charges/ |access-date=December 2, 2016 |website=Mercurynews.com}} This case was dismissed in March 2018.{{cite news |date=March 14, 2018 |title=U.S. district court dismisses Yahoo gender discrimination lawsuit |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Yahoo-gender-discrimination-lawsuit-dismissed-12747779.php |access-date=February 20, 2019 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle}} In February 2016, former Yahoo! employee Gregory Anderson filed a lawsuit alleging that the company’s performance management system disguised layoffs as terminations for the purpose of evading state and federal WARN Acts.{{cite news |last1=Goel |first1=Vindu |date=February 2016 |title=A Yahoo Employee-Ranking System Favored by Marissa Mayer Is Challenged in Court [Updated] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/02/technology/yahoo-employee-ranking-system-lawsuit.html |access-date=February 1, 2016 |website=The New York Times}}{{cite web |last=Tong |first=Brian |date=October 7, 2016 |title=Yahoo's Mayer sued for allegedly forcing out male employees |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/yahoos-mayer-sued-for-allegedly-forcing-out-male-employees/ |access-date=December 2, 2016 |website=Cnet.com}}{{cite news |date=February 5, 2016 |title=Why A Man Is Suing Yahoo For Sexism |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mans-suing-yahoo-for-gender-bias_us_56b25e1ce4b08069c7a5d2ad |access-date=December 2, 2016 |work=The Huffington Post}} Anderson's suit was dismissed in 2017.{{Cite web |title=Judge Tosses Bulk of Male Managers' Yahoo Gender Discrimination Lawsuit |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/judge-tosses-bulk-male-managers-114439003.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241230035935/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/judge-tosses-bulk-male-managers-114439003.html |archive-date=2024-12-30 |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=finance.yahoo.com |language=en-US}}

In December 2015, the New York-based hedge fund SpringOwl, a shareholder in Yahoo Inc., released a statement arguing that Mayer be replaced as CEO.{{cite web|url=http://www.hngn.com/articles/160929/20151216/marissa-mayer-firing-yahoo-ceo-staff-save-company-shareholder.htm|title=Marissa Mayer: Firing Yahoo CEO, Staff Can Save Company, Says Shareholder|work=Headlines & Global News|date=December 16, 2015 }} Starboard Value, an activist investing firm that owns a stake in Yahoo, likewise wrote a scathing letter regarding Mayer's performance at Yahoo.{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/01/06/investing/yahoo-marissa-mayer-starboard-value/|title=Hedge fund is sick of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer|author=Paul R. La Monica|date=January 6, 2016|work=CNNMoney}} By January 2016, it was further estimated that Yahoo!'s core business has been worth less than zero dollars for the past few quarters.{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2016/2/1/10862040/yahoo-marissa-mayer-fail|title=Yahoo is laying off 1,700 and putting itself up for sale. Here's why.|author=Timothy B. Lee|date=February 2, 2016|work=Vox}} In February 2016, Mayer confirmed that Yahoo! was considering the possibility of selling its core business.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-says-company-is-considering-selling-its-internet-business-a6850426.html|title=Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says company is considering selling its internet business|author=Hazel Sheffield|date=February 3, 2016|work=The Independent}} In March 2017, it was reported that Mayer could receive a $23 million termination package upon the sale of Yahoo! to Verizon.{{cite web |first=Seth |last=Fiegerman |title=Marissa Mayer could get $23 million severance |url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/03/13/technology/yahoo-marissa-mayer-severance/ |work=CNN Money |date=March 13, 2017 |access-date=July 2, 2017}}

In February 2016, Mayer confirmed that Yahoo! was considering the possibility of selling its core business. In 2017, the company's operating business was acquired by Verizon Communications for $4.48 billion.{{Cite news |title=The rise and fall of Marissa Mayer, from the once-beloved CEO of Yahoo to a $4.48 billion sale to Verizon |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-marissa-mayer-rise-and-fall-2017-6 |access-date=March 28, 2018 |work=Business Insider}}{{Cite news |last=Lopez |first=Napier |date=January 10, 2017 |title=Yahoo renamed 'Altaba' as CEO Marissa Mayer resigns from board |url=https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/01/10/yahoo-renamed-altaba-ceo-marissa-mayer-resigns/ |access-date=January 10, 2017 |newspaper=The Next Web |language=en-US}} It was reported that Mayer could receive a $23 million termination package upon the sale of Yahoo! Inc. to Verizon. Mayer announced her resignation on June 13, 2017.{{Cite web |first=Ethan |last=Baron |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/06/13/yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-resigns-cites-achievements-by-fallen-firm-as-verizon-deal-closes/ |title=Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer resigns, cites achievements by fallen firm as Verizon deal closes |work=The Mercury News |date=June 13, 2017 |access-date=July 5, 2017}} During her time at Yahoo!, she was paid a total of $239 million, mainly in stock and stock options.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/technology/yahoo-marissa-mayer-compensation.html|title=Dissecting Marissa Mayer's $900,000-a-Week Yahoo Paycheck|last=Goel|first=Vindu|date=June 3, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 3, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

In June of 2017, she defended Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick from allegations of sexual misconduct, stating he was "unaware of the toxic culture brewing at Uber because of the company’s rapid growth."{{Cite news |date=2022-08-19 |title=Marissa Mayer defends former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Marissa-Mayer-defends-former-Uber-CEO-Travis-11251256.php |access-date=2024-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819083255/https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Marissa-Mayer-defends-former-Uber-CEO-Travis-11251256.php |archive-date=August 19, 2022 |last1=Lee |first1=Thomas }} On November 8, 2017, along with several other present and former corporate CEOs, Mayer testified before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation regarding major security breaches at Yahoo during 2013 and 2014.[https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/senate-panel-holds-hearing-on-equifax-breach-consumer-data-security-live-updates/ Shabbad, Rebecca] "Senate panel holds hearing on Equifax, Yahoo security breaches"; CBS News; November 8, 2017.[https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-charges-russian-fsb-officers-and-their-criminal-conspirators-hacking-yahoo-and-millions Justice Dept.] "U.S. Charges Russian FSB Officers and Their Criminal Conspirators for Hacking Yahoo and Millions of Email Accounts"; U.S. Department of Justice; March 15, 2017.

= 2018 – present: Sunshine, artificial intelligence =

After leaving Yahoo! in 2017, Mayer started Lumi Labs with former colleague Enrique Munoz Torres. The company is based in Palo Alto and is focused on artificial intelligence and consumer media.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-19/former-yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-creates-tech-startup-incubator|title=Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Creates Tech Startup Incubator|date=April 19, 2018|work=Bloomberg.com|access-date=April 19, 2018|language=en}} On November 18, 2020, Mayer announced that Lumi Labs would be rebranded as Sunshine{{Cite web|url=https://www.sunshine.com/|title=Sunshine|website=www.sunshine.com|access-date=April 2, 2021}} at the same time as she announced its first product: Sunshine Contacts.{{Cite web|last=O'Brien|first=Sara |title=Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's new company launches its first product|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/18/tech/marissa-mayer-sunshine/index.html|access-date=November 23, 2020|publisher=CNN|date=November 18, 2020 }} Sunshine Contacts claims to improve users' iPhone contacts and Google contacts using intelligent algorithms, contact data, public sources, and more. In November 2024, Sunshine launched the Shine app, an artificial intelligence photo sharing platform.{{Cite web |last=Gizmodo |first=Jody Serrano / |date=2024-03-28 |title=Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has a new photo-sharing app |url=https://qz.com/marissa-mayer-new-shine-photo-sharing-app-yahoo-design-1851370957 |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Quartz |language=en}}

Boards

As well as sitting on the boards of directors of AT&T Inc.,{{Cite press release |url=https://about.att.com/story/2024/marissa-mayer-board-of-directors.html |title=Marissa Mayer Elected to AT&T Board of Directors |date=March 1, 2024 |publisher=AT&T}} Nextdoor,{{Cite web |last=Quiroz-Gutierrez |first=Marco |date=May 7, 2024 |title=Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer was Google's first female engineer—only because she tried to delete a recruiter email and accidentally opened it instead |url=https://fortune.com/2024/05/07/marissa-mayer-google-first-female-engineer-email-accident-yahoo/ |work=Fortune}} Walmart, Maisonette, and Jawbone, Mayer also previously served or sits on several non-profit boards, such as Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.{{cite web|author=Jeff Blagdon |url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/4/25/4267660/marissa-mayer-joins-jawbone-board |title=Yahoo's Marissa Mayer joins Jawbone board |website=The Verge |date=April 25, 2013 |access-date=June 14, 2013}}{{Cite press release|last=Maisonette|title=Maisonette Appoints Marissa Mayer To Board Of Directors|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/maisonette-appoints-marissa-mayer-to-board-of-directors-300863849.html|access-date=May 7, 2021|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en}}{{cite news|last=Savitz|first=Eric|title=Wal-Mart Names Google's Marissa Mayer To Its Board|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2012/04/16/wal-mart-names-googles-marissa-mayer-to-its-board/|access-date=July 19, 2012|work=Forbes|date=April 16, 2012}}{{cite news|title=Yahoo's new boss Marissa Mayer could see pay top $70m|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18919395|work=BBC|date=July 19, 2012|access-date=August 26, 2012}}

Business investments

Mayer actively invests in technology companies, including crowd-sourced design retailer Minted,{{cite news|title=Benchmark, Marissa Mayer Put $5.5M In Stationery Design And Retail Site Minted|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/11/15/benchmark-marissa-mayer-put-5-5m-in-stationery-design-and-retail-site-minted/|work=TechCrunch}} live video platform Airtime.com,{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/here-are-the-startups-new-yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-has-invested-in-2012-7?op=1 |title=Here Are The Startups New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Has Invested In |website=Business Insider |date=July 16, 2012 |first=Jay |last=Yarow |access-date=October 9, 2014 }} wireless power startup uBeam, online DIY community and e-commerce company Brit + Co.,{{cite news|last=Kelly|first=Heather|title=Meet the 'Martha Stewart of tech'|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/02/tech/innovation/brit-co|access-date=October 9, 2014|newspaper=CNN|date=May 10, 2013}} mobile payments processor Square, home décor site One Kings Lane,{{cite magazine|url=http://fortune.com/2011/02/11/one-kings-lane-silicon-valleys-newest-obsession/ |title=One Kings Lane: Silicon Valley's newest obsession |magazine=Fortune |date=February 11, 2011 |first=Jessica |last=Shambora |access-date=October 9, 2014 }} genetic testing company Natera, and nootropics and biohacking company Nootrobox.{{citation |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/nootrobox-nootropics-startup-raises-seed-round-of-funding-2015-10 |title=Marissa Mayer and Mark Pincus invested in a startup that makes 'brain drugs' and chewable coffee |date=October 13, 2015 |work=Business Insider}}

Accolades

Mayer was named to Fortune magazine's annual list of America's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 with ranks at 50, 44, 42, 38, 14, 8 and 16 respectively. In 2008, at age 33, she was the youngest woman ever listed.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Casserly |first=Meghan |title=Marissa Mayer Named Yahoo! CEO: New Most Powerful Woman In Tech? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2012/07/16/marissa-mayer-named-yahoo-ceo-new-most-powerful-woman-in-tech/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Marissa Mayer - 2013-07-09 - Most Powerful Women in Tech, 2013 |url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/edek45fimm/marissa-mayer-2/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Marissa Mayer - 2014-05-28 - The 25 Most Powerful Women In The World, 2014 |url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/lmh45lfdj/marissa-mayer/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Forbes |language=en}}

In September 2013, Mayer became the first CEO of a Fortune 500 company to be featured in a Vogue magazine spread.

In 2013, she was also named in the Time 100, becoming the first woman listed as number one on Fortune magazine's annual list of the top 40 business stars under 40 years old.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/fortunes-40-under-40-twitter-tops-facebook/ |title=Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer First Female to Top Annual 40 Under 40 List |website=TheWrap |date=September 19, 2013 |access-date=November 28, 2013}} Mayer made Fortune magazine history in 2013, as the only person to feature in all three of its annual lists during the same year: Businessperson of the Year (No. 10), Most Powerful Women (at No. 8), and 40 Under 40 (No. 1) at the same time.{{cite web|last=Sellers |first=Patricia |url=http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2013/11/21/mayer-women-businessperson-of-the-year/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131124194556/http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2013/11/21/mayer-women-businessperson-of-the-year/ |archive-date=November 24, 2013 |title=Marissa Mayer's unprecedented amazing trifecta – Postcards |publisher=Postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com |date=November 21, 2013 |access-date=November 28, 2013|url-status=dead}} In 2014, Mayer was ranked sixth on Fortune{{'}}s 40 under 40 list,{{cite web |title=Fortune Most Powerful Women in Business |url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/most-powerful-women/ |access-date=November 25, 2013 |publisher=money.cnn.com}} and was ranked the 16th most-powerful businesswoman in the world that year according to the same publication.{{cite magazine |title=Fortune Most Powerful Women in Business |url=http://fortune.com/most-powerful-women/marissa-mayer-16/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112081010/http://fortune.com/most-powerful-women/marissa-mayer-16/ |archive-date=January 12, 2015 |access-date=January 14, 2015 |magazine=Fortune}} In March 2016, Fortune then named Mayer as one of the world's most disappointing leaders.{{cite magazine |date=March 30, 2016 |title=Here Are the World's 19 Most Disappointing Leaders - Fortune |url=http://fortune.com/2016/03/30/most-disappointing-leaders/ |magazine=Fortune}}

On December 24, 2015, Mayer was listed by UK-based company Richtopia at number 14 in the list of 500 Most Influential CEOs.{{cite web|url=http://richtopia.com/inspirational-people/500-ceos|title=Top 500 CEOs: From Tim Cook to Justine Roberts, These Are the Most Influential CEOs in the World|work=Richtopia|access-date=January 22, 2016|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308084949/https://richtopia.com/inspirational-people/500-ceos/|url-status=dead}}

Mayer appeared on the list of women CEOs of Fortune 500 companies in 2017, having ranked 498 of the top 500 Fortune 500 company CEOs.{{cite web|last1=Hinchliffe|first1=Emma|title=More women than ever lead Fortune 500 companies this year — but it's still not that many|url=https://mashable.com/2017/06/07/fortune-500-2017-women-ceos/#aMXEcanZAmqT|website=Mashable|date=June 7, 2017 |access-date=March 26, 2018|language=en}}

Personal life

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Mayer briefly dated Larry Page in the early 2000s while he was the CEO of Google.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2013/aug/31/observer-profile-sergey-brin-google-guru |title=Sergey Brin: the Google guru's search for love |work=The Guardian |date=August 31, 2013 |last=Rushe |first=Dominic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818012707/https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2013/aug/31/observer-profile-sergey-brin-google-guru |archive-date=August 18, 2022 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/technology/google-sexual-harassment-andy-rubin.html |title=How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the 'Father of Android' |work=The New York Times |date=October 25, 2018 |first1=Daisuke |last1=Wakabayashi |first2=Katie |last2=Benner |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903113809/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/technology/google-sexual-harassment-andy-rubin.html |archive-date=September 3, 2022 |url-status=live}} Mayer married lawyer and investor Zachary Bogue on December 12, 2009.{{cite news|last=Bigelow|first=Catherine|title=Google Employee No. 20 gets hitched|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Google-Employee-No-20-gets-hitched-3205183.php|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=December 23, 2009|access-date=July 19, 2012}}

On the day Yahoo! announced her hiring, in July 2012, Mayer revealed that she was pregnant;{{cite news|last=Sellers|first=Patricia|title=New Yahoo CEO Mayer is pregnant|url=http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/07/16/mayer-yahoo-ceo-pregnant/|work=Postcards|publisher=CNNMoney.com|date=July 16, 2012|access-date=August 26, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826090532/http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/07/16/mayer-yahoo-ceo-pregnant/|archive-date=August 26, 2012}}{{cite news|last=Cain Miller|first=Claire|title=Marissa Mayer, New Yahoo Chief, Is Pregnant|url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/marissa-mayer-new-yahoo-chief-is-pregnant/|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 17, 2012|access-date=August 26, 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/Googles-Marissa-Mayer-is-Yahoo-CEO-says-shes-pregnant/articleshow/15025986.cms|title=Google's Marissa Mayer is Yahoo CEO, says she's pregnant|work=The Times of India|date=July 18, 2012|access-date=August 26, 2012}} she gave birth to a boy on September 30, 2012.{{cite web|last=Carlson|first=Nickolas|title=Marissa Mayer Had A Baby Boy!|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/marissa-mayer-had-a-baby-boy-2012-10|website=Business Insider|access-date=October 1, 2012}} Although she asked for baby name suggestions via social media,{{cite web|last=Gaynes|first=Sarah|title=Waaaa-hoo! Yahoo CEO asks others to name baby|url=http://bostonherald.com/business/technology/general/view.bg?articleid=1061164851&srvc=business&position=2|publisher=Bostonherald.com|access-date=October 3, 2012}} she eventually chose the name Macallister from an existing list.{{cite web|last=Sellers|first=Patricia|title=Yahoo CEO Mayer reveals her baby's name|url=http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/10/22/yahoo-mayer-reveals-babys-name/?iid=HP_LN%20source|website=CNN Money|access-date=October 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104205437/http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/10/22/yahoo-mayer-reveals-babys-name/?iid=HP_LN%20source|archive-date=January 4, 2014|url-status=dead}} On December 10, 2015, Mayer announced that she had given birth to identical twin girls, Marielle and Sylvana.{{cite news|title=Yahoo CEO Mayer gives birth to identical twin girls, Marielle and Sylvana|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yahoo-mayer-idUSKBN0TT2BW20151210|website=Reuters|date=December 10, 2015 }}

Mayer is Lutheran,{{cite web|url=http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/12/03/yahoo-mayer-god-baby/|title=Yahoo CEO Mayer's "God" and "baby is easy" quotes go viral|publisher=CNN|date=December 3, 2012|access-date=December 4, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119093152/http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/12/03/yahoo-mayer-god-baby/|archive-date=January 19, 2013|url-status=dead}} but she has said—referencing Vince Lombardi's "Your God, your family and the Green Bay Packers"—that her priorities are "God, family and Yahoo!, except I'm not that religious, so it's really family and Yahoo!."{{cite web|title=Marissa Mayer Got This 'Profound' Time Management Advice From A College Friend|last=Tay|first=Liz|publisher=Business Insider Australia|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/marissa-mayer-time-management-2013-12|date=December 12, 2013}}{{cite news|title=Marissa Mayer talks mobile, priorities and Vince Lombardi in protest-interupted [sic] talk at Dreamforce|url=http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2013/11/19/marissa-mayer-talks-mobile-priorities-and-vince-lombardi-in-protest-interupted-talk-at-dreamforce|access-date=December 26, 2013|newspaper=SF Gate|date=November 19, 2013|author=Benny Evangelista|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212204729/http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2013/11/19/marissa-mayer-talks-mobile-priorities-and-vince-lombardi-in-protest-interupted-talk-at-dreamforce/}}

Mayer states she is not a feminist.{{Cite magazine |last=Heffernan |first=Virginia |title=Marissa Mayer: I Am Not a Feminist. I Am Not Neurodivergent. I Am a Software Girl |url=https://www.wired.com/story/big-interview-marissa-mayer-yahoo-sunshine-ai/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |magazine=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}

As of May 2024, Mayer had an estimated net worth of $970 million.{{Cite web |title=Marissa Mayer |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/marissa-mayer/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Forbes |language=en}}

=Political activity=

During the 2021 California gubernatorial recall election, Mayer donated $200,000 against an effort to recall Governor Gavin Newsom. This was described by Politico as "deepening the governor’s substantial Silicon Valley support."{{Cite web |last=White |first=Jeremy B. |date=2021-07-06 |title=Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer gives Newsom $200K to defeat recall |url=https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2021/07/06/former-yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-gives-newsom-200k-to-defeat-recall-1388047 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Politico |language=en }}

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