Marissa Mayer, Google VP; Search Products & User Experience

Marissa Mayer leads Google's Search team and defines the experience of the Google.com homepage. She has launched hundreds of products and features on Google.com and internationalized the site to over 100 languages. In her ten years at Google, Marissa has helped lead the expansion of Google Search to include images, news, books, products, maps, and more. Marissa's responsibilities have likewise expanded to include the leadership of many initiatives such as Google Earth, Google Health, and iGoogle. She also guides Google's user experience group, with the responsibility of developing design standards that keep the company's products simple, intuitive, and useful. Marissa joined the company in 1999 as its first female engineer.

Marissa is recognized widely as a significant voice for her perspectives on the impact of technology on peoples' daily lives. Her contributions and leadership have been featured in Fortune ("50 Most Powerful Women"), Portfolio ("25 Innovators in Technology"), Newsweek, Fast Company, and BusinessWeek. She is the co-chair for the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy. She also serves the World Economic Forum as a faculty member and member of the Council on Technology and Education.