Marissa Ann Mayer is the current CEO of Yahoo! since July 2012. Previously, she was a long-time executive and key spokesperson for Google.[9][10][11]
Mayer was ranked eighth on the list of America's most powerful businesswomen of 2013 by Fortune magazine.[12] In 2013, Mayer ranked 32 in the Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women.[30] Also in 2013, Mayer became the first woman listed as number one on Fortune magazine's annual list of the top 40 business stars under 40 years old.[31]
Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational Internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. It is globally known for its Web portal, search engine Yahoo Search, and related services, including Yahoo Directory, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Groups, Yahoo Answers, advertising, online mapping, video sharing, fantasy sports and its social media website. It is one of the most popular sites in the United States.[2] According to news sources, roughly 700 million people visit Yahoo websites every month.[3][4] Yahoo itself claims it attracts "more than half a billion consumers every month in more than 30 languages."[5]
