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Employees, especially young people, want more than a paycheck.

Marissa Mayer

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Marissa Mayer
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: May 30
Business Executive
Computer Scientist
Engineer
Wausau
Wisconsin
Marissa Ann Mayer
Employee
Especially
Young
People
Employees

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What you want, when you want it. As opposed to everything you could ever want, even when you don't.
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I think that for me, it's God, family and Yahoo - in that order.
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