Marissa Mayer Quotes

United States, Businesswoman
May 30, 1975

Marissa Ann Mayer (/ˈmaɪ.ər/; born May 30, 1975) is an American information technology executive, formerly serving as the president and chief executive officer of Yahoo!, a position she had held starting July 2012. It was announced in January 2017 that she would step down from the company's board upon the sale of Yahoo!'s operating business to Verizon Communications for $4.8 billion. She would not join the newly combined company, now called "Oath," and announced her resignation on June 13, 2017. She is a graduate of Stanford University and was a long-time executive, usability leader, and key spokeswoman for Google (employee #20).

I definitely think what drives technology companies is the people; because in a technology company it's always about what are you going to do next.

Marissa Mayer
- People
- Technology
I think that ultimately over time we really should strive for a place where most information is available online and is searchable.

Marissa Mayer
- Time

I had to think really hard about how to choose between job offers.

Marissa Mayer
- Job
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
- Power
- Today
- Amazing
I think that burnout happens because of resentment. That notion that, 'Wow, I worked 100 hours last week, and I couldn't even have this thing that I really wanted.'

Marissa Mayer
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
- Pretty
- Strong
- Amazing
Employees, especially young people, want more than a paycheck.

Marissa Mayer
- People
The baby's been way easier than everyone made it out to be.

Marissa Mayer
- Baby

I think that the big piece here is that it really allows us to partner. Yahoo! has always been a very friendly company.

Marissa Mayer
- Partner
The internet creates more of an appetite for media - it doesn't replace physical books, radio or TV.

Marissa Mayer
If you can find something that you're really passionate about, whether you're a man or a woman comes a lot less into play. Passion is a gender-neutralizing force.

Marissa Mayer
- Passion
The turning point for me was realizing that I would learn more at Google, trying to build a company, regardless of whether we failed or succeeded, than I would at any of the other companies I had offers from.

Marissa Mayer
- Trying
I think, you know, a fellow CEO said to me that the interesting thing about being CEO that's really striking is that you have very few decisions that you need to make, and you need to make them absolutely perfectly.

Marissa Mayer
- Interesting
To me, speed is really about convenience.

Marissa Mayer

I think that for me, it's God, family and Yahoo - in that order.

Marissa Mayer
- God
- Family
I like to stay in the rhythm of things. My maternity leave will be a few weeks long, and I'll work throughout it.

Marissa Mayer
- Work
- Long
Good students are good at all things.

Marissa Mayer
- Good
It was the height of the first boom, so it was 1999. It was a good year to be a graduate in computer science.

Marissa Mayer
- Good
- Science