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The Internet giant announced Monday it is turning to Marissa Mayer, 37, its fifth CEO in five years, to spearhead a massive turnaround.Marissa Mayer, one of the top executives at Google, will be the next C.E.O. of Yahoo, making her one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley and There's no question that Marissa Mayer is certainly a catch for Yahoo. After receiving a B.S. in symbolic systems and her M.S. in computer science from Stanford .Marissa Mayer - Yahoo!, Geek, San Franciscan, Wisconsonite - @ Google - Google - San Francisco, CA - Wausau, WI - Palo Alto, CA - Zurich, Switzerland.Marissa Mayer, a 13-year veteran of Google, is Yahoo's new CEO, the company announced on Monday. Mayer's appointment comes after a revolving door of.Google exec Marissa Mayer has been named the new CEO of troubled web giant Yahoo!.Yahoo scores coup in bringing in Mayer, who was the 20th employee to join Google and who had spent 13 years there.Marissa Mayer, Google's former head of location and local services, will take over as Yahoo's CEO on Tuesday.today announced that it has appointed Marissa Mayer as President and Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors effective .With Marissa Mayer at the helm, Yahoo has become relevant again. But can Mayer right the ship for the long term? Read this blog post by Ben Parr on The CNBC is reporting that Marissa Mayer is leaving Google today, and will take over as Yahoo's President and CEO as of tomorrow. UPDATE: Yahoo has now .Technology firm Yahoo announces the appointment of Google executive Marissa Mayer as its third CEO in the space of a year.