Marissa Mayer

Google’s first female engineer.

Marissa Mayer was Google’s 20th employee and its first female engineer… but she was more than just an early hire.

She helped shape the products billions use today: Google Search, Gmail, Maps, and AdWords, which still fuels Google’s revenue.

She even built Google’s Associate Product Manager program, mentoring future tech leaders.

Then she made a high-stakes move: leaving Google to save Yahoo as CEO.

She led a $1.1B Tumblr acquisition, tripled Yahoo’s stock price, and grew mobile users to 650M+.

But even she couldn’t reverse years of decline.

In 2017, Yahoo sold to Verizon for $4.48B, and Mayer walked away with $239M in stock and bonuses.

Did she retire? Not a chance.

In 2018, Mayer co-founded Sunshine, an AI-powered startup building apps for contact management, event planning, and daily life organization.

She’s been called brilliant, controversial, a tech visionary, and even a disappointment.

But one thing is clear. Marissa Mayer doesn’t quit.