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Marissa Mayer becomes highest profile pregnant CEO

Published: July 18, 2012 8:51 AM
By BLOOMBERG NEWS

Marissa Mayer has been hied by Yahoo as

Photo credit: Getty Images | Marissa Mayer has been hied by Yahoo as its third chief executive within the past year, a move which is expected to see the company sharpen it's focus on technology and products. (July 17, 2012)

Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer is breaking new ground for Fortune 500 companies by starting her job more than six months pregnant, a trend already embraced by young women running Silicon Valley startups.

Mayer, an engineer and former Google (GOOG) Inc. executive who helped develop the company’s home page and maps products, was hired by Yahoo after a nine-week search...

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