Marissa Mayer

Marissa Mayer: Biography in Details

Who is Marissa Mayer?

Marissa Mayer is an American information technology executive.

She rose to fame as the CEO of Yahoo and in 2017, she steps down from the position after Yahoo sold to Verizon. She has also worked for Google as its Vice President.

Marissa Mayer: Age, Parents, Ethnicity

The daughter of Margaret Mayer and Michael Mayer, Marissa Mayer was born in Wausau, Wisconsin. She was born on 30 May 1975 and named Marissa Ann Mayer. She is 46 years old.

Her father worked as an environmental engineer and her mother worked as an art teacher.

Marissa Mayer grew up with her younger brother, Mason Mayer. She is of Finnish ethnicity and has American nationality.

Education 

Marissa Mayer studied at  Wausau West High School and attended Stanford University.

In addition, she took piano and ballet lessons during middle and high school. She expressed that learning piano and ballet taught her criticism and discipline, poise, and confidence.

Marissa Mayer: Professional Life and Career

Talking about her career journey with Marissa Mayer, who started working with Google after her graduation.

She was offered many jobs from various companies including a teaching job at Carnegie Mellon University and a consulting job at McKinsey & Company.

In 1999, she joined Google becoming the first female engineer and employee number 20.

She started out writing code and overseeing small teams of engineers, developing and designing Google’s search offerings.

Marissa Mayer was also on the three-person team responsible for Google AdWords.

Furthermore, she joined Yahoo as its president and CEO on 16 July 2012. In addition, becoming one of the most powerful women in Silicon Valley.

Mayer earned around $219 million in stock and cash in her first four years at Yahoo. In 2017, she stepped down from the position of CEO after Yahoo got sold to Verizon.

Marissa Mayer: Salary and Net Worth

Her success in her career path has paid her well financially making her net worth estimated to be $600 million as of 2022.

Marissa Mayer: Rumors and Controversy

Marissa Mayer suffered controversy when she stopped allowing employees to work from home after being the CEO of Yahoo.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Marissa Mayer has a height of 5 feet 8 inches. her body weighs 58kg.

She has blonde hair and blue eyes. Furthermore, her shoe size is 8US.

Besides these, there are no details regarding her body measurements.

Social Media

Marissa Mayer is active on Instagram and Twitter.

She has more than 22.1k followers on Instagram and 1.6 million followers on Twitter.

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