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Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer

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Devon Correll Student Contributor, Bryant University
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Bryant chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

   Yahoo’s newly appointed CEO, Marissa Mayer gave birth September 30th to a beautiful baby boy.  However, a few short days after Mayer gave bith, her cover of Fortune Magazine came out, with a very slender looking Mayer.  Controversy grew fast, as the first woman CEO was pregnant when Yahoo announced her new role in the company this past late July, yet 3 days after she gave birth the cover photo looked like an older picture of Mayer.

   Many woman look up to Mayer, becoming the head of a Fortune 500 company, while pregnant! It’s empowering to all of us out there.  The reports of Mayer going back to work only 2 days after giving birth covered headlines and also the fact that her and her husband still have yet to pick a name for their new born baby boy.  Many are taking this as an ignorant act of a successful CEO, putting work before her new born. While others are inspired that Mayer became CEO of Yahoo during the 9 month term she was carrying her son!

   Over here at HC Bryant we deeply admire Marissa Mayer.  It is not everyday a pregnant women is granted the role of CEO of a Fortune 500 company.  We are inspired by her dedication to her job and her success and find it liberating that she is so committed to her career.  

Devon is a senior at Bryant University.  As a Marketing and Communications major, Her Campus is everything that Devon loves. Her hometown of Rutland, Vermont is where she was born and raised.  She attended Philadelphia University for her freshmen year of college as a Fashion Industry Management major, but discovered her true passion was the business aspect of the fashio industry, leading her to transfer to a nationally ranked business school, Bryant University.  Devon is the co-president of the Her Campus chapter at Bryant and is also a Research Assistant in the school's Office of Planning and Institutional Research.  You will see Devon on campus organizing HC events, running around finishing projects, or hanging out with her friends.  Devon's passions include: writing, dance, the ocean, and spending time with the people she loves.