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Marissa Mayer started off at Google spectacularly well, designing its home page, creating its product management structure, and becoming the face of the company.
She became one of the most powerful people at one of the world’s most powerful companies.
But then, suddenly, her peers were promoted past her. Responsibility for the look and feel of Google’s entire suite of consumer-facing products, including the Google home page, was taken away from her. She was moved to a less important product: Google Maps. She was removed from a council of executives that met with Google’s CEO. To industry insiders, this sudden change was a demotion for Mayer. These things led her exit from the company.
Marissa Mayer,the current CEO of Yahoo.com started her career at Google as it’s 20th employee as a software engineer.She is the brain behind Google’s homepage.Marissa Mayer started off at Google spectacularly well, designing its home page, creating its product management structure, and becoming the face of the company.
Her tenure at Google involved work on some of the company’s most recognizable and successful products, including Google Maps, Google Earth, Street View, Google News and Gmail. Known as a fashionista with an eye for design, Mayer is widely credited for the unique look and feel that has come to characterize the Google experience. For example, she was responsible for approving each “doodle” (the custom logos commemorating holidays and events) appearing on the Google home page.
