taBLe of Contents Chapter 1 Who Is MarIssa Mayer Chapter 2 stanford years Chapter 3 a Leader at GooGLe 4 8 10 Chapter 4 takInG CharGe of yahoo 12 Chapter 5 faMILy LIfe Chapter 6 heLpInG others sUCCeed LIfe tIMeLIne GLossary to Learn More Index 16 18 20 22 23 24
4 Chapter 1 Who Is MarIssa Mayer Only a handful of women are in charge of technology companies Marissa Mayer is one of them She is the president and Ceo of an Internet company called Yahoo Marissa is a powerful leader in an industry where men outnumber women Women all over the world see her as a role model Marissa has big plans for Yahoo She wants it be an inspiring and entertaining part of people’s daily lives If she has her way Yahoo will soon be the most popular Internet web portal on Earth Marissa is well known in the business world In 2008 Fortune magazine listed her as one of most powerful women in business At age 33 she was the youngest person on the list She has been on the list each year following Marissa’s business skills have also earned her a lot of money Today she is worth more than 300 million
5 name Marissa Ann Mayer Birthday May 30 1975 hometown Wausau Wisconsin Marital status Married to Zachary Bogue since 2009 Children One boy hobbies Interests Art fashion running cooking traveling
