Top engineer poached from Google to lead Yahoo

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Marissa Mayer becomes Yahoo's fifth chief executive in five years

Marissa Mayer, the twentieth employee to join Google 13 years ago, will become Yahoo's fifth CEO in five years after leaving the web giant last night. Mayer will start at Yahoo immediately. "...

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