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American business executive and engineer, former CEO of Yahoo!

This article is about the former Yahoo CEO. For the novelist, see Marissa Meyer.

Marissa Ann Mayer (; born May 30, ) is an American business executive and investor who served as president and chief executive officer of Yahoo!

from to She was a long-time executive, usability leader and key spokesperson for Google (employee No. 20).^[5][6][7] Mayer later co-founded Sunshine, a startup technology company.^[8]

In January , Yahoo!

announced that Mayer would end her employment by that company and would resign from its board of directors following the sale of the company's operating business to Verizon Communications for $ billion.^[10] She did not join the newly combined company, now called Yahoo Inc.

(formerly Verizon Media and prior to that Oath), and she announced her resignation on June 13,

Early life

Mayer was born in Wausau, Wisconsin, the daughter