13 Quotes & Sayings By Marissa Mayer

Marissa Mayer is the chief executive officer of Yahoo! Inc. and was named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2009 and 2010. She joined the company in 2004 and has been credited with leading Yahoo! to become a leader in web and mobile content, search, advertising, and mobile advertising services. Before joining Yahoo!, Ms Read more

Mayer was vice president of product management at Google Inc., where she led the company’s search business and led the development of AdWords. Prior to joining Google, Ms. Mayer was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs & Co., where she worked on mergers and acquisitions for technology companies, including Intel Corporation.

Ms. Mayer received a B.S. in Computer Science from Harvard University in 1993 and a J.D.

from Harvard Law School in 1996 .

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I like to do matrices. One option per line, different facets for each column. Salary, location, happiness index, failure index, and all that. Marissa Mayer
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When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night. Marissa Mayer
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One of the interesting applications of symbolic systems is artificial intelligence, and I spent some time thinking about how to create a brain that operates the way ours does. Marissa Mayer
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I came in as an engineer and worked on artificial intelligence at Google. I worked on related sites and matching advertising to queries with some of our earliest ads. Marissa Mayer
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Really in technology, it's about the people, getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment and helping to find a way to innovate. Marissa Mayer
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I really like even numbers, and I like heavily divisible numbers. Twelve is my lucky number - I just love how divisible it is. I don't like odd numbers, and I really don't like primes. When I turned 37, I put on a strong face, but I was not looking forward to 37. But 37 turned out to be a pretty amazing year. Marissa Mayer
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Walmart is an amazing story of entrepreneurship and, as one of the world's most powerful brands, touches millions of lives every day. Marissa Mayer
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I think what's really amazing is that given the scale of the web and getting the compute power we have today, we're starting to see things that appear intelligent but actually aren't semantically intelligent. Marissa Mayer
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The utmost thing is the user experience, to have the most useful experience. Marissa Mayer
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You can be good at technology and like fashion and art. You can be good at technology and be a jock. You can be good at technology and be a mom. You can do it your way, on your terms. Marissa Mayer
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I love technology, and I don't think it's something that should divide along gender lines. Marissa Mayer
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Product management really is the fusion between technology, what engineers do - and the business side. Marissa Mayer