Marissa Ann Mayer
Born Wausau, May 30, 1975
Net worth
$1.4 billion
September 1, 2026
About
Marissa Ann Mayer is the Wausau-born technologist who became Google's twentieth employee and first female engineer, then chief executive of Yahoo.
She was born in Wausau on May 30, 1975, grew up with an art-teacher mother and a father who designed water plants, and graduated from Wausau West High School in 1993 after a crowded résumé: grocery clerk, debate captain on a state-championship team, pom-pom captain, Spanish club president, and a Governor Tommy Thompson pick for National Youth Science Camp.
Stanford was supposed to lead to brain surgery. She switched to symbolic systems—linguistics, psychology, and computer science—earned a master's in computer science, and joined Google in Mountain View. Over thirteen years she worked on Search, Maps, Gmail, and Images, the products that defined the company. Yahoo named her CEO in 2012; Verizon bought Yahoo's operating business in 2017 for $4.5 billion. Her later ventures include Sunshine and Dazzle.
The Wausau tie is birth, childhood, and Wausau West. The over-scheduled high-school captain who bagged groceries is still the clearest origin story for a career that remade Silicon Valley's public face.
Notable facts
Born in Wausau on May 30, 1975; Wausau West High School class of 1993, where she captained debate and pom-pom and worked as a grocery clerk.
Joined Google as employee No. 20 and the company's first female engineer; spent thirteen years on products including Search, Maps, Gmail, and Images.
Served as Yahoo CEO beginning in 2012; Verizon acquired Yahoo's operating business in 2017 for $4.5 billion.
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