Marissa Mayer

Marissa Mayer is a successful businesswoman and also an investor. She was the president as well as the CEO of Yahoo from 2012 till 2017. She has co-founded Sunshine Contact. She completed her graduation from the renowned Stanford University in California and served as the spokesperson of Google for a long time.

Well, how well do you know about Marissa Mayer? If not much, we have compiled all you need to know about Marissa Mayer’s net worth in 2021, her age, height, weight, boyfriend, husband, kids, biography and complete details about her life. Well, if you’re all set, here is what we know about Marissa Mayer to date.

Biography and Early Life

Marissa was born in Wausau, which is situated in Wisconsin, in the USA. She was born in the year 1975, on the 30th of May. Her zodiac sign is Gemini.

She was born to Michael Mayer, an environmental engineer, and Margaret Mayer, an art teacher. Her grandfather suffered from polio, but he served as the mayor of Jackson in Wisconsin. She also has a younger brother, but not much information is available regarding him.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Marissa Mayer in 2021 and what is her height and weight? Well, Marissa Mayer’s age is 46 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 30 May 1975. Though, she is 5′ 8″ in feet and inches and 173 cm in Centimetres tall, she weighs about 127.8lbs in Pound and 58kg in Kilograms. Her eye color is Light Blue and hair color is Light Blonde.

Education

Mayer attended the Wausau West High School. Mayer was brilliant in her academics, and she also was actively involved in extracurricular activities and excelled in every field.

She wanted to become a pediatric neurosurgeon. She started taking her pre-med classes at the famous Stanford University. But later, she decided to go for symbolic systems. She also pursued her master’s in Computer Science.

Personal Life: Dating, Boyfriends, Husband, Kids

In the year 2009, Marissa married Zachary Bogue, who was a lawyer and investor as well.  She had her first baby in the year 2012. Later, in the year 2015, she gave birth to a pair of identical twin girls.

Is Mayer Lesbian?

No, she has been married to Bogue since the year 2009. So, she is sexually inclined towards men and is not a lesbian.

Professional Career

Mayer joined Google in the year 1999 as the 20th employee. She was much focused, and she bagged a promotion and became the product manager very soon. Later, she even went to become the Director of consumer web products. In the year 2002, she started the Associate product manager program to recruit budding talents. Bret Taylor and Justin Rosenstein were the graduates from this program.

In the year 2005, Mayer went to become the Vice President and had critical roles in almost all critical sections of Google. She also continued to teach computer programming at a basic level at East Palo Alto Charter School, even when she was working at Google. She became the CEO and president of Yahoo! She worked from home during her pregnancy and later changed the maternity leave policy at Yahoo!

Under her leadership and managerial decisions, Yahoo reported profits, and the stock price was doubled in a very short period. She left Yahoo! in the year 2017 and decided to start a venture of her own. She started Lumi Labs with some of her colleagues. It focussed mainly on AI and consumer media. She rebranded the Company as Sunshine in the year 2020.

Awards

She has been consecutively featured as the topmost influential businesswoman in America since the year 2008 to 2014. She became the first CEO to be featured in a Vogue magazine as well. She has been awarded the Centennial Teaching Award and received the Forsythe Award for her contribution to teaching. She was ranked as the 16th most powerful businesswoman in the year 2014 on Fortune’s list.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Marissa Mayer in 2021

Mayer’s net worth is $650 million, as of last estimated in the year 2021. As she is a very successful businesswoman as well as an investor, a major part of her income comes from her investments in technology companies. She also has set up a company of her own.

Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know

• During her tenure at Stanford, she was a member of the parliamentary debate.
• Illinois Institute of Technology had granted her a doctorate degree for her contribution in the field of search.
• She had a teaching job, a consulting job, and 14 job offers as soon as she graduated from the Stanford University.
• Before working for Yahoo!, she worked as the spokesperson of Google (employee #20).
• Before resigning from Yahoo! In 2017, she started her own company along with her colleague Enrique Munoz called “Lumi Labs.” The company mainly focused on AI based technologies.

Marissa Mayer is an inborn talent, and she was born to a family of talented people. That must also have had an impact on her. Since her childhood, she performed exceptionally well in all fields, starting from arts, academics, and even in extracurricular activities. She has also continued teaching, and this shows how humble she is. She is a rare gem in this world, and her list of successes is too long. Undoubtedly, she is a powerful businesswoman and an inspiration for many.