In Pictures: Beyond Marissa Mayer -Top women in tech

With ex-Google honcho Marissa Mayer taking the reins of Yahoo this week, she joins other prominent females in leadership roles at some of the tech industry's largest companies

Marissa Mayer, president and CEO, Yahoo

Mayer was the 20th employee of Google, the company's first female engineer, and she's credited with the simple and uncluttered Google homepage search box design. Most recently she served as vice president of local, maps and location services before this week being appointed to the challenging job of digging Yahoo out of its hole.

Twitter handle: @marissamayer

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