'One of my key learnings from Yahoo is timing is everything', Marissa Mayer

One of the more tragic cases of Yahoo! is the Alibaba stake, says Marissa Mayer

Marissa Mayer was celebrated as a savior when she left Google to become chief executive of Yahoo in 2012.

A brilliant computer scientist, Mayer was the 20th employee at Google, and influenced many of the company’s signature features — including Gmail and Google Maps.
 

But could she save Yahoo? The company was reeling from boardroom tumult and a series of executive changeovers when she arrived, and Google and Facebook were winning the war for online eyeballs and ad dollars.
 

Her tenure was ferociously controversial. Investors did well during Mayer’s five years at the helm, seeing the value of their shares more