Marissa Mayer
Marissa Mayer
Marissa Ann Mayeris an American information technology executive, currently serving as the president and Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo!, a position she has held since July 2012. She is a graduate of Stanford, and was a long-time executive, usability leader, and key spokesperson for Google...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth30 May 1975
CityWausau, WI
CountryUnited States of America
thinking size balls
If you took the entire internet and laid it end to end, it would weigh more than the other thing. It would weigh more than it would if it wasn't laid end to end. Like, if it was a ball of rolled up internet it would weigh less. I'm pretty sure. It depends on the size of the scale, I think.
long maternity week
My maternity leave will be a few weeks long, and I'll work throughout it.
technology talent company
Talent is what drives technology companies,
simplicity
I've always liked simplicity.
smart people wonderful
It's really wonderful to work in an environment with a lot of smart people.
innovation vision born
Innovation is born from the interaction between constraint and vision.
refuse
I refuse to be stereotyped.
math unusual math-and-science
I was always good at math and science, and I never realized that that was unusual or somehow undesirable.
enough dangerous knows
I’m not a pro, but I know enough to be dangerous.
today world internet
Today, only about 1% of the World Wide Web is written in Arabic.
keys html long
The prime reason the Google homepage is so bare is due to the fact that the founders didn't know HTML and just wanted a quick interface. In fact, it was noted that the SUBMIT button was a long time coming and hitting the RETURN key was the only way to burst Google into life.
google firsts engineers
I was Google's first woman engineer.
speed convenience
To me, speed is really about convenience.
use geek stem
I'm a geek, I like to code, I even like to use spreadsheets when I cook.