Marissa Mayer

Marissa Mayer is a pioneering tech executive and entrepreneur who served as Google's first female engineer (employee #20) and later as Yahoo's CEO. After graduating from Stanford with degrees in symbolic systems and computer science, she spent 13 years at Google shaping products like Search, Gmail, Google Maps, and Chrome. As Yahoo CEO from 2012-2017, she led a transformation effort before the company's sale to Verizon. She now runs Dazzle AI, a venture building next-generation AI personal assistants that raised $8M in late 2025. Known for her meticulous attention to detail, product vision, and ability to scale consumer technology, Mayer has been a prominent voice for women in tech while building products used by billions.