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If you can find something that you're really passionate about, whether you're a man or a woman comes a lot less into play. Passion is a gender-neutralizing force.

Marissa Mayer

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Marissa Mayer
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: May 30
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Computer Scientist
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Wausau
Wisconsin
Marissa Ann Mayer
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