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| occupation = President & CEO, [[Yahoo!]]<ref name=MM-B-01/><br />Computer programming instructor, [[Stanford University]]
| spouse = Zachary Bogue (2009–present)<ref name=MM-B-02/>
| boards = [[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art]]<br>[[San Francisco Ballet]]<br>[[New York City Ballet]]<br>[[Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum]]<br>[[Walmart]]<ref name="walmart20120416"/>
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'''Marissa Ann Mayer''' (born May 30, 1975) is an American business executive and the president and [[CEO]] of [[Yahoo! Inc|Yahoo!]]. Previously, she was a long-time executive and key spokesperson for [[Google]].<ref name=MM-B-03/><ref name="holson"/><ref name=MM-B-04/> She is the youngest CEO of a [[Fortune 500]] company. <ref>http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/07/17/marissa-mayer-timeline/</ref>
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==Career and honors==
Mayer joined Google in 1999 as employee number 20 and was the company's first female engineer.<ref name=MM-B-09/><ref name=MM-B-10/> During her 13 years with the company, she was an [[engineer]], [[Computer design|designer]], [[product manager]], and [[Executive (management)|executive]].
 
Mayer held key roles in [[Google Search]], [[Google Images]], [[Google News]], [[Google Maps]], [[Google_book_search|Google Books]], [[Google Product Search]], [[Google Toolbar]], [[Igoogle|iGoogle]] and [[Gmail]]. She also oversaw the layout of Google's famous, unadorned search homepage.<ref name=MM-B-11/><ref name=MM-B-12/> In her final years with Google, she was Vice President of Local, Maps, and Location Services and, before that, Vice President of Search Products and User Experience.<ref name="New York Times Bits Blog: At Google, Mayer Takes a New Job"/>
 
The video of Mayer's 2011 interview of [[Lady Gaga]] as part of the [[AtGoogleTalks|Musicians@Google]] series has received over two million views on [[YouTube]].<ref name=MM-B-13/>
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Prior to joining Google, Mayer worked at the [[UBS]] research lab (Ubilab) in [[Zurich]], Switzerland, and [[SRI International]] in [[Menlo Park, California|Menlo Park]], California.<ref name=MM-B-14/>
 
Mayer was named to ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'' magazine's annual list of America's ''50 Most Powerful Women in Business'' in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.<ref name=MM-B-15/> She was ranked 50, 44, 42 and 38, respectively. In 2008, at age 33, she was the youngest woman ever listed.
 
Mayer was named one of ''[[Glamour Magazine]]''{{'}}s Women of the Year in 2009.<ref name=MM-B-16/>
 
On July 16, 2012, Mayer was appointed President and CEO of [[Yahoo!]], effective the following day. She is also a member of the company's board of directors.<ref name=MM-B-17/><ref name=MM-B-18/>
Ms Mayer also currently serves on the boards of Wal-Mart, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Ballet and New York City Ballet. <ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18919395</ref>
 
==Personal life ==
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