Marissa Mayer
Google’s first female engineer and CEO of Yahoo! from 2012 to 2017
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Marissa Mayer is an American engineer and executive who was Google’s 20th employee and first female engineer, shaping its search page, Gmail and Google Maps. She was CEO of Yahoo! from 2012 until its sale to Verizon in 2017 and later founded the start-ups Sunshine and Dazzle AI.
Biography
Background
Mayer grew up in Wausau, Wisconsin, and studied symbolic systems and computer science at Stanford, specialising in AI.
She joined Google in 1999. She oversaw the look of the search home page and worked on Google News, Gmail, Google Maps and Images, becoming one of its public faces.
Yahoo!
Yahoo! hired her as CEO in 2012. She bought Tumblr and other start-ups and banned remote work, but Yahoo’s core business continued to decline, and it was sold to Verizon in 2017.
Later
She co-founded Lumi Labs, later Sunshine, which made contacts and photo apps. After its assets were sold in 2025 she founded Dazzle AI.
Timeline
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1975
Born in Wausau, Wisconsin, United States
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1999
Joins Google
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2004
Gmail launched
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2012
CEO of Yahoo!
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2013
Buys Tumblr
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2017
Yahoo sold to Verizon
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2018
Co-founds Lumi Labs
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2025
Founds Dazzle AI
Did you know?
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She famously tested 41 shades of blue for Google’s links.
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She became the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company at 37.
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She helped design Google’s famously spare home page.
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Who is Marissa Mayer?
Marissa Mayer is an American engineer and executive who was Google’s 20th employee and first female engineer, shaping its search page, Gmail and Google Maps. She was CEO of Yahoo! from 2012 until its sale to Verizon in 2017 and later founded the start-ups Sunshine and Dazzle AI.
How old is Marissa Mayer?
Marissa Mayer is 51 years old, born on 30 May 1975 in Wausau, Wisconsin, United States.
Where is Marissa Mayer from?
Marissa Mayer was born in Wausau, Wisconsin, United States.
What is Marissa Mayer known for?
Marissa Mayer is best known for Early Google product leader (search, Gmail, Maps); Yahoo! CEO 2012–2017; Sunshine; Dazzle AI.
References
- Marissa Mayer — Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Marissa Mayer — Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Marissa Mayer — IMDb. IMDb. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Marissa Mayer (Q14086) — structured data. Wikidata. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
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