Yahoo's Marissa Mayer pregnant with twins, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said late Monday she and her husband were expecting twin girls in December, though given her good health and the "unique time" in Yahoo's transformation, she expected to take only a limited time away.
"I’m extremely energized by and dedicated to both my family and Yahoo and will do all that is necessary and more to help both thrive," she said in a post on Tumblr. Mayer is married to Zachary Bogue, a lawyer and tech investor.
In 2012, Mayer set off a national debate about working mothers after disclosing she was pregnant with her son shortly after becoming CEO of the struggling Yahoo, and then taking only a few weeks of maternity leave for his birth nearly three years ago.
Some observers questioned whether she'd be able to commit the time to Yahoo's big ad clients while she recovered from her son's birth and adjusted to life as a new mom. Others questioned her priorities as a parent, given the time demands on a new CEO. Still others pointed out she was unfairly scrutinized for trying to meld a C-suite role with a young family, simply because she was a woman.
Much of that debate faded into the background as questions over Yahoo's future loomed large. Yahoo has fallen behind the other big social and search networks, particularly Google and Facebook. Aside from some advances in mobile, the loudest buzz around the Sunnyvale, Calif. company has been about the cash generated by a planned spinoff of its Alibaba stake.
In July, when Yahoo missed Wall Street's earnings estimates but topped expectations for sales, BGC Partners analyst Colin Gillis said Mayer needed to tell shareholders that Yahoo will "get that spin done one way or another." Post-spin, Yahoo could be a target for private equity firms, Gillis said at the time. For now, Yahoo's "core business is still struggling," he said.
Yahoo's YHOO shares, which were up 25% last year, are down 36% this year.
In the post on Tumblr, which Yahoo bought under her helm, Mayer said Yahoo’s board and executive team had been "incredibly supportive" about the news.
The former Google engineer who admitted to using spreadsheets to improve her cupcake-baking hobby, also trotted out a few statistics to underline that she hadn't anticipated giving birth to twins.
"I have no family history of twins or any other predisposing factors. However, as I’ve now learned, identical twins occur by random chance in roughly 1 out of approximately every 300 pregnancies," wrote Mayer.
"I’m extremely energized by and dedicated to both my family and Yahoo and will do all that is necessary and more to help both thrive," she said in a post on Tumblr. Mayer is married to Zachary Bogue, a lawyer and tech investor.
In 2012, Mayer set off a national debate about working mothers after disclosing she was pregnant with her son shortly after becoming CEO of the struggling Yahoo, and then taking only a few weeks of maternity leave for his birth nearly three years ago.
Some observers questioned whether she'd be able to commit the time to Yahoo's big ad clients while she recovered from her son's birth and adjusted to life as a new mom. Others questioned her priorities as a parent, given the time demands on a new CEO. Still others pointed out she was unfairly scrutinized for trying to meld a C-suite role with a young family, simply because she was a woman.
Much of that debate faded into the background as questions over Yahoo's future loomed large. Yahoo has fallen behind the other big social and search networks, particularly Google and Facebook. Aside from some advances in mobile, the loudest buzz around the Sunnyvale, Calif. company has been about the cash generated by a planned spinoff of its Alibaba stake.
In July, when Yahoo missed Wall Street's earnings estimates but topped expectations for sales, BGC Partners analyst Colin Gillis said Mayer needed to tell shareholders that Yahoo will "get that spin done one way or another." Post-spin, Yahoo could be a target for private equity firms, Gillis said at the time. For now, Yahoo's "core business is still struggling," he said.
Yahoo's YHOO shares, which were up 25% last year, are down 36% this year.
In the post on Tumblr, which Yahoo bought under her helm, Mayer said Yahoo’s board and executive team had been "incredibly supportive" about the news.
The former Google engineer who admitted to using spreadsheets to improve her cupcake-baking hobby, also trotted out a few statistics to underline that she hadn't anticipated giving birth to twins.
"I have no family history of twins or any other predisposing factors. However, as I’ve now learned, identical twins occur by random chance in roughly 1 out of approximately every 300 pregnancies," wrote Mayer.
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