Profile Marissa Mayer: Mayer may not

Whatever about free food and parties, Yahoo investors are fed up

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Age:40

Appearance: blonde, blue-eyed and determined

Newsworthiness: the chief executive of Yahoo is facing criticism from its investors and shareholders amid falling revenues and shares

When she was appointed chief executive of Yahoo in 2012, Marissa Mayer was hailed as the woman who would steady the teetering Silicon Valley web portal. Three and a half years later, shareholders want her out. One of them, Eric Jackson of hedge fund SpringOwl, has gone ...