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
inspiring should-have data
What is clear is that users own their data and should have control of how their data is used.
skills space quality
Theres no such thing as Flickr Pro because today, with cameras as pervasive as they are, theres no such thing, really, as professional photographers when theres everything thats professional photographers. Certainly theres varying levels of skills but we didnt want to have a Flickr Pro anymore. We wanted everyone to have professional quality photo space and sharing.
people google important
For many people, Google is the most important tool on the Web.
people together innovative
People are more productive when they're alone, but they're more collaborative and innovative when they're together.
creativity thrive
Creativity thrives best when constrained.
people google use
People ask me all the time: 'What is it like to be a woman at Google?' I'm not a woman at Google, I'm a geek at Google. And being a geek is just great. I'm a geek, I like to code, I even like to use spreadsheets when I cook.
phones mobile-phones digital
The mobile phone acts as a cursor to connect the digital and physical.
jocks ruffles computer
You can wear ruffles; you can be a jock, and you can still be a great computer scientist, or a great technologist, or a great product designer.
user-experience users
The utmost thing is the user experience, to have the most useful experience.
reality imagination excuse
Reality is but a poor excuse for not having an imagination.
thinking interesting next
I think the most interesting thing is what happens next.
people matter details
Geeks are people who love something so much that all the details matter.
college years doctors
I really wanted to be a doctor, until my freshman year of college when I realized that while I was good at chemistry and biology, I really wasn't feeling challenged by it.
new-beginnings thinking may
New beginnings – professional, personal, or come what may – are always uncomfortable, but being open to them is the only way to grow. In the end, we are all capable of so much more than we think.