Yahoo names Marissa Mayer its new CEO San Francisco Chronicle Copyright 2012 San Francisco Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 02:42 p.m., Monday, July 16, 2012 Mayer, one of Google's earliest employees, said in a statement provided by Yahoo: I am honored and delighted to lead Yahoo, one of the internet's premier destinations for more than 700 million users. Yahoo said the appointment of Mayer signals a renewed focus on product innovation to drive user experience and advertising revenue for the brand, whose leading properties include Yahoo! Mayer managed some of Google's most successful innovations, launching more than 100 features and products including image, book and product search, toolbar, iGoogle, Google News, and Gmail creating much of the "look and feel" of the Google user experience. Co-Founder David Filo said, Marissa is a well-known, visionary leader in user experience and product design and one of Silicon Valley's most exciting strategists in technology development. According to a biography provided by Yahoo: