Marissa Mayer, the Google VP tapped today to lead Yahoo, announced this evening that
she is pregnant.
she is pregnant.
Mayer, who was a surprise choice over interim CEO Ross Levinsohn, announced on
Twitter this evening that she and her husband are expecting a boy in October.
Twitter this evening that she and her husband are expecting a boy in October.
"He's super-active," Mayer, 37, told Fortune. "He moves around a lot. My doctor says that
he takes after his parents."
he takes after his parents."
Mayer, who starts her new job at Yahoo tomorrow, expects her maternity leave to be
brief.
brief.
"My maternity leave will be a few weeks long and I'll work throughout it," she told
Fortune.
Fortune.
Marissa Mayer
(Credit: James Martin/CNET)
Her husband, Zack Bogue, is a co-founder
of private-equity firm Montara Capital
Partners.He recently launched an
investment fund called Data Collective.
The couple were married in December
2009 on Treasure Island in the San
Francisco Bay. Mayer, Google's first
female engineer and the No. 20 employee
hired overall, announced her departure
today for the top job at struggling
of private-equity firm Montara Capital
Partners.He recently launched an
investment fund called Data Collective.
The couple were married in December
2009 on Treasure Island in the San
Francisco Bay. Mayer, Google's first
female engineer and the No. 20 employee
hired overall, announced her departure
today for the top job at struggling
Web pioneer Yahoo. During her tenure at
the Web giant, Mayer supervised the
fast-growing business that proved key to
Google's growth during the past decade.
While Mayer served as the executive in charge of search products and user experience,
the number of daily searches on Google exploded from a few hundred thousand to
over a billion.
the Web giant, Mayer supervised the
fast-growing business that proved key to
Google's growth during the past decade.
While Mayer served as the executive in charge of search products and user experience,
the number of daily searches on Google exploded from a few hundred thousand to
over a billion.
As Yahoo's fifth CEO in five years, she will be tasked trying to re-invigorate a Web
pioneer that has struggled to compete for ad dollars with Google and Facebook.
pioneer that has struggled to compete for ad dollars with Google and Facebook.
During the first quarter of 2012, Yahoo posted revenue of $1.077 billion, representing
just a 1 percent increase over the year-earlier period. That relatively flat revenue figure
resulted from a 4 percent decrease in display advertising revenue and an 8 percent
increase in search revenue.
just a 1 percent increase over the year-earlier period. That relatively flat revenue figure
resulted from a 4 percent decrease in display advertising revenue and an 8 percent
increase in search revenue.
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