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She quit Google today and starts her new job tomorrow.
Mayer was Google's first woman engineer.
She managed its search product for years. She also led development of?iGoogle, Google News, and Gmail.
In 2010, she switched to Google Maps and other local products.?
In that transition,?Mayer went?from managing 250 product managers in search and the suite of products around it to supervising 1,100 managers ? people managing engineering, design, marketing and sales. In addition, Mayer supervises some 6,000 contractors.
In a statement, Mayer says:??I am honored and delighted to lead Yahoo!, one of?the internet?s premier destinations for more than 700 million users.??I look forward to working with the Company?s dedicated employees to bring innovative products, content, and personalized experiences to users and advertisers all around the world.?
Yahoo cofounder David Filo ? who famously still works at Yahoo, in a cubicle, says:
?Marissa is a well-known, visionary leader in user experience and product design and one of Silicon Valley?s most exciting strategists in technology development.??I look forward to working with her to enhance Yahoo's product offerings for our over 700 million unique monthly visitors.?
This is an upset: many people thought Ross Levinson, Yahoo's interim CEO, would get the job.
Yahoo's last full-time CEO, Scott Thompson, was fired after it was revealed that he had lied about his credentials earlier in his career.
For more on Mayer, here's a rundown of her 13-year career at Google.
Here's the release:
Yahoo! Appoints Marissa Mayer Chief Executive Officer
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 16, 2012?
Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) today announced that it has appointed Marissa Mayer as President, Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors effective July 17, 2012.??The appointment of Ms. Mayer, a leading consumer internet executive, signals a renewed focus on product innovation to drive user experience and advertising revenue for one of the world?s largest consumer internet brands, whose leading properties include Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Sports, Yahoo! Mobile, Yahoo! Mail, and Yahoo! Search.
Mayer said, ?I am honored and delighted to lead Yahoo!, one of?the internet?s premier destinations for more than 700 million users.??I look forward to working with the Company?s dedicated employees to bring innovative products, content, and personalized experiences to users and advertisers all around the world.?
Most recently, Mayer was responsible for Local, Maps, and Location Services for Google, the company?s suite of local and geographical products including Google Maps, Google Earth, Zagat, Street View, and local search, for desktop and mobile.??Mayer joined Google in 1999 as its 20th?employee and led efforts for many of Google?s most recognizable products, including the development of its flagship search product and iconic homepage for over 10 years.??Mayer managed some of Google's most successful innovations, launching more than 100 features and products including image, book and product search, toolbar, iGoogle, Google News, and Gmail ? creating much of the ?look and feel? of the Google user experience.?
Yahoo! Co-Founder David Filo said, ?Marissa is a well-known, visionary leader in user experience and product design and one of Silicon Valley?s most exciting strategists in technology development.??I look forward to working with her to enhance Yahoo's product offerings for our over 700 million unique monthly visitors.?
?The Board of Directors unanimously agreed that Marissa?s unparalleled track record in technology, design, and product execution makes her the right leader for Yahoo! at this time of enormous opportunity,? said Fred Amoroso, Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Watch the video below to see what she had to say about Yahoo in an interview with Charlie Rose in 2009.
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/marissa-mayer-is-the-new-ceo-of-yahoo-2012-7
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