Marissa Mayer, just by being Marissa Mayer, has done more to move Yahoo forward in her first six months as chief executive than any of her five predecessors did over as many years.
An accomplished engineer and executive, Mayer joined Yahoo from Google as a Silicon Valley celebrity. Since then, just her presence at the company's Sunnyvale, California, headquarters seems to have jolted Yahoo back to life. On Monday, Yahoo reported a good quarter, increasing revenue for the first time in four years and beating Wall Street expectations by 30 per cent.
An accomplished engineer and executive, Mayer joined Yahoo from Google as a Silicon Valley celebrity. Since then, just her presence at the company's Sunnyvale, California, headquarters seems to have jolted Yahoo back to life. On Monday, Yahoo reported a good quarter, increasing revenue for the first time in four years and beating Wall Street expectations by 30 per cent.