Marissa Mayer served as President & CEO of Yahoo! Inc. for a verified duration of 4 years 10 months (1,792 days), from Jul 17, 2012 until Jun 13, 2017. During this tenure, Marissa Mayer guided Yahoo! Inc. across major corporate milestones before resigning as chief executive.
Executive Succession & Corporate Facts
- Predecessor
- Not recorded
- Successor
- Not recorded
- Database Tenure Rank
- #69 Longest-Serving CEO in Database (View Full Rankings →)
- Company Founded
- Jan 1, 1994 (Sunnyvale, California)
- Known Aliases
- Marissa Ann Mayer
Tenure Milestones & Transition Timeline
Yahoo! Names Google Executive Marissa Mayer as President and CEO
Yahoo!'s Board appointed prominent Google product vice president Marissa Mayer as CEO effective July 17, 2012.
Marissa Mayer Takes Office as CEO of Yahoo!
Mayer formally assumed leadership of Yahoo!, becoming one of only 20 female CEOs leading a Fortune 500 company.
Yahoo! Agrees to Acquire Tumblr for $1.1 Billion in Cash
Mayer led the acquisition of blogging network Tumblr to rejuvenate Yahoo!'s audience and mobile social footprint.
Yahoo! Discloses State-Sponsored Data Breach of 500 Million User Accounts
Yahoo! announced that an unauthorized party copied user data from at least 500 million accounts in late 2014, leading to SEC inquiries.
Marissa Mayer Resigns as CEO as Verizon Closes $4.48 Billion Acquisition
Mayer formally stepped down as CEO upon completion of the sale of Yahoo!'s operating business to Verizon Communications.
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