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Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business: #50 Marissa Mayer of Google

Today, we continue with our look at the women in Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business and we introduce you to #50 –  Marissa Mayer of Google!

 

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Marissa Mayer,
Vice President, Search Products and User Experience
Google (GOOG)

Previous rank: New
Age: 33

This self-proclaimed “geek” (she was Google’s first female engineer) is the youngest woman ever to make our list. Overseeing thousands of engineers and product managers, she shapes the design of Google.com, Google Maps, Earth, Health, iGoogle, and more.

Click here to read The Adventures of Marissa (San Francisco Magazine) 

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March 22, 2009 Posted by | Leadership, Magazines, People, Technology | , , , , , | Leave a comment

PINK Magazine Will Protest All-Male Masters Golf Club in April

pink-magazine-stackMove over, Martha Burk.

PINK magazine CEO Cynthia Good plans to be at the Masters next month to protest Augusta National Golf Club’s all-male membership. Activist Burk caused quite a stir over that in 2003.

“We’re not going to be throwing ripe fruit or anything,” Good says, “but we’ll make our presence known. We absolutely believe women ought to be admitted to private clubs.”

The protest is one small way PINK is trying to “move the needle on issues that impact professional women.” The company, which targets women 25 to 54 who are successful, high-income and influential, has become More . . .

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March 22, 2009 Posted by | Golf, Protests & Boycotts, Sports | , , , , , | Leave a comment