Marissa Mayer Biography: Career at Google and Yahoo, Personal Life and Net Worth

Marissa Mayer is an American technology executive, software engineer and investor. She was among Google’s earliest employees and became its first female software engineer. She later served as Yahoo’s president and chief executive officer from 2012 until the company’s sale to Verizon in 2017. Born on May 30, 1975, in Wausau, Wisconsin, Mayer studied symbolic systems and computer science at Stanford University, with a focus on artificial intelligence. Her early career at Google included work on product design, usability and search-related services. After Yahoo, Mayer co-founded Sunshine and later launched the artificial intelligence company Dazzle AI. She is married to investor Zachary Bogue and has three children. Her wealth has been widely estimated at about $1.4 billion, although such figures can vary by source and market conditions.

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