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For many people, Google is the most important tool on the Web.

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Marissa Mayer
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: May 30
Business Executive
Computer Scientist
Engineer
Wausau
Wisconsin
Marissa Ann Mayer
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Google
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What is clear is that users own their data and should have control of how their data is used.
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For me the core principles of privacy online are transparency, choice and control.
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Reality is but a poor excuse for not having an imagination.
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I don't believe in balance, not in the classic way.
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Geeks are people who love something so much that all the details matter.
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It is wonderful to work in an environment with a lot of smart people. It challenges you to think and work on a different level. If you play with better players, you learn a lot: perspectives, intellectual arguments, new ways of thinking about things.
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My friend Andre said to me, 'You know, Marissa, you're putting a lot of pressure on yourself to pick the right choice, and I've gotta be honest: That's not what I see here. I see a bunch of good choices, and there's the one that you pick and make great.' I think that's one of the best pieces of advice I've ever gotten.
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I like to get myself in over my head.
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I had to think really hard about how to choose between job offers.
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People ask me all the time: 'What is it like to be a woman at Google?' I'm not a woman at Google, I'm a geek at Google. And being a geek is just great. I'm a geek, I like to code, I even like to use spreadsheets when I cook.
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Employees, especially young people, want more than a paycheck.
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You have to ruthlessly prioritize.
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I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.
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I think it’s very comforting for people to put me in a box. ‘Oh, she’s a fluffy girlie girl who likes clothes and cupcakes. Oh, but wait, she is spending her weekends doing hardware electronics.’
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I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow.
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Straight lines don't exist in the human form and are extremely rare in nature, so the human touch in the logo is that all the lines and forms have at least a slight curve.
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Search occupies this wonderful moment in a user's day where it doesn't even really break along demographics, right?
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The utmost thing is the user experience, to have the most useful experience.
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Talent is what drives technology companies.
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