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Marissa Mayer

1975 - Today

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Marissa Ann Mayer (; born May 30, 1975) is an American business executive, software engineer, 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), and was its first woman software engineer. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2024). Marissa Mayer is the 726th most popular businessperson (down from 185th in 2024), the 12,689th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,034th in 2019) and the 256th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Marissa Mayer ranks 726 out of 847. Before her are Peter Ueberroth, Ellen Stewart, Cameron Mackintosh, Jimmy Iovine, Bob Lutz, and Ashley Biden. After her are Reid Hoffman, Patrice Motsepe, George Newnes, Benoît Potier, Harold Camping, and Jérôme Kerviel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Marissa Mayer ranks 357. Before her are Derlei, Markus Schulz, Daniela Ceccarelli, Elena Likhovtseva, Charmaine Sheh, and Hiromi Ikeda. After her are Ai Sugiyama, Parminder Nagra, Natalie Zea, Jónsi, Marion Jones, and Russ Kun.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marissa Mayer ranks 12,693 out of 20,380. Before her are Derek Richardson (1976), Gene Okerlund (1942), Andy Tennant (1955), Zak Brown (1971), Lou Adler (1933), and Ellie Greenwich (1940). After her are Alex Skolnick (1968), Lot M. Morrill (1813), Ben Vereen (1946), Gene Sarazen (1902), Jerome Apt (1949), and Melody Thomas Scott (1956).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Marissa Mayer ranks 256. Before her are Sumner Redstone (1923), John Wanamaker (1838), Peter Ueberroth (1937), Ellen Stewart (1919), Jimmy Iovine (1953), and Ashley Biden (1981). After her are Reid Hoffman (1967), Harold Camping (1921), John W. Henry (1949), Suzanne Farrell (1945), Kevin Systrom (1983), and Michael Everson (1963).

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