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Marissa Mayer

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The Resume

    (May 30, 1975- )
    Born in Wausau, Wisconsin
    President and CEO of Yahoo! (2012- )
    Former engineer, executive and spokesperson for Google (1999-2012)

Why she might be annoying:

    She heads a company that many feel is a relic of the 1990s.
    She returned to work at Yahoo! days after giving birth.
    She banned Yahoo! employees from working at home, despite doing so herself towards the end of her pregnancy.
    Richard Branson criticized this policy as 'old school thinking.'
    She doesn't identify with feminists, describing them as militants with chips on their shoulders.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was Google's first female engineer.
    Her son has a nursery next to her office.
    She engineered Yahoo!'s acquisition of Tumblr for 1.1 billion dollars.
    Her priorities are 'God, family and Yahoo!--in that order.'
    She proudly refers to herself as a geek.

Credit: Georgina


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 90.91% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 30.77% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 51 Votes: 62.75% Annoying