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I really like even numbers, and I like heavily divisible numbers. Twelve is my lucky number - I just love how divisible it is. I don't like odd numbers, and I really don't like primes. When I turned 37, I put on a strong face, but I was not looking forward to 37. But 37 turned out to be a pretty amazing year.

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I think like my dad, but I have a huge kinship with my mom.

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It was a very well-rounded childhood with lots of different opportunities. My mom will say she set out to overstimulate me - surround me with way too many things and let me pick. As a result, I've always been a multitasker; I've always liked a lot of variety.

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I didn't set out to be at the top of technology companies. I'm just geeky and shy, and I like to code.

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There are probably industries where gender is more of an issue, but our industry is not one where I think that's relevant.

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Our mission is making the world's daily habits inspiring and entertaining. Which people come to work at Yahoo to build on that mission? Those who are inspired by that, and you can feel that passion in the products.

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When you're coming into a company and, you know, have to do a transformation, what you really want to do is look at the company and say, 'Okay, here are the parts that the company does well. How do we get those genes to hyper-express? The genes that are getting in the way, how do you turn those off?'

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I think that for me, it's God, family and Yahoo - in that order.

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I want Yahoo to be the absolute best place to work, to have a fantastic culture.

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Before Google, I spent the summer building a program that would look at what websites you would go to and what websites other people would go to - and built a collaborative filtering program that helped you find related sites to look at.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businesswoman

Born: May 30th, 1975

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