Live the User Experience
Before she was named the head of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer made waves at Google by using an iPhone instead of an Android smartphone. She also refused to install broadband internet in her home until it became available to most U.S. households, according to an in-depth profile by Business Insider. Mayer did these things to get a better understanding how the majority of Google users experienced the Internet, a move that contributed to fast-loading, streamlined Google websites, and intuitive iOS apps.
How These 24 Business Leaders Stay Productive and Successful
What do people like Jeff Bezos, Marissa Mayer, and Richard Branson do to stay on top?
Marissa Mayer, President and CEO of Yahoo
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How These 24 Business Leaders Stay Productive and Successful
- Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon
- Marissa Mayer, President and CEO of Yahoo
- Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Group
- Sergey Brin, Co-founder of Google
- Ursula Burns, Chairman and CEO of Xerox
- Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
- Tim Cook, CEO of Apple
- Martha Stewart, Founder of Martha Stewart Living
- Jack Dorsey, Co-founder of Twitter, Founder and CEO of Square
- Reed Hastings, Co-founder and CEO of Netflix
- Indra Nooyi, Chairperson and CEO of PepsiCo
- Drew Houston, Founder and CEO of Dropbox
- Virginia Rometty, Chairman, President and CEO of IBM
- Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos
- Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric
- Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corporation
- Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook
- Larry Page, Co-founder and CEO of Google
- Howard Schultz, Chairman and CEO of Starbucks
- Meg Whitman, President and CEO of Hewlett-Packard
- Biz Stone, Co-founder of Twitter
- Evan Williams, Co-founder of Twitter
- Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook
- Jamie Dimon, Chairman, President and CEO of JPMorgan Chase