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Marissa Mayer and husband Zachery Bogue attend the Glamour Magazine 2009 Women of the Year Awards. |
AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO
--Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer gave birth to a boy late Sunday, shining a spotlight on her ability to steer the struggling Internet company in a new direction while adjusting to the challenges of being a first-time mother.The birth came a week ahead of the Oct. 7 due date that Mayer shared with the public in July.
She announced her pregnancy on her social networking accounts just a few hours after Yahoo hired her as its third full-time CEO in less than a year.
The pregnancy news amplified the buzz about Mayer's defection from Google Inc., where she spent 13 years as a key executive overseeing some of the services that helped to drag down Yahoo.
Yahoo's decision to anoint a soon-to-be mom as its CEO was hailed as a breakthrough for women seeking to prove men aren't the only ones who can balance a high-powered executive lifestyle and early parenthood.
The attention surrounding Mayer's pregnancy and the birth of her child intensifies the pressure as she tries to engineer a long-awaited turnaround at one of the Internet's best-known companies.
Although Yahoo's website remains one of the Internet's top destinations, the company's revenue has fallen in recent years.
