Dive summary:
- Yahoo announced the hiring of Marissa Mayer as their new chief executive officer, a coup for the company after so much turmoil over the last few months.
- Mayer was employee No. 20 at Google, and has been responsible for the look and feel of some of Google's most recognizable products: the search homepage, Gmail, Google News, and Google Images.
- She joins an exclusive list of women currently holding the top position at tech companies: Meg Whitman, the chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, and Virginia Rometty, the head of I.B.M.
- Mayer said she plans to leverage Yahoo's strongest properties, including e-mail, finance, and sports.
From the article:
Marissa Mayer, one of the top executives at Google, will be the next chief executive of Yahoo, making her one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley and corporate America.
The appointment of Ms. Mayer, who was employee No. 20 at Google and was one of the few public faces of the company, is considered a surprising coup for Yahoo, which has struggled in recent years to attract top flight talent in its battle with competitors like Google and Facebook.
