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Who is Marissa Mayer?     

Marissa Mayer is the current President and CEO of Yahoo!. She placed 8th in the most recent 2013 list of 50 Most Powerful Women in Fortune Magazine. Meyer was given the position of CEO of Yahoo! in July of 2012. A few months later she placed 14^th in Fortune’s list of most powerful women. 

Marissa Meyer originally was the vice president of location and local services at Google. Mayer joined Google in the year 1999 and happened to be their 20^th employee. To top it all off, she was the company’s first female engineer. 13 years later, Marissa Meyer became the CEO of Yahoo! and has used her experience from Google to help Yahoo! grow into a better company. 

Her Leadership Style

Marissa Mayer uses an Autocratic Leadership Style in her line of work. Although, it is said that she has changed since the years she’s worked at Google. Back in her Google-y days, Mayer used to be very tough on her subordinates and was stern with the way things were done. But, as time went on she became mature in her leadership style, although she still is an autocratic leader. Marissa Mayer is not afraid to say what she believes is right. 

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