Marissa Mayer, new Yahoo CEO, is Pregnant

I don't know if anyone is following the news that longtime, high-powered Google exec Marissa Mayer just took the CEO job at Yahoo - this is huge news for women overall! Well she just announced last night that she is pregnant and due in October.

Many are saying that because the board who hired her didn't mind she was pregnant that this is a huge step for corporate America and working moms overall.

I cannot imagine starting a job (much less a CEO job at a huuuge company) a few months before giving birth. Marissa said in the article where she announced her pregnancy (below) she would "take a few weeks off and work through it." So yes, they hired her anyway, but she will still need to kill herself to prove she can do both jobs well. I'm sure everyone will be watching her try to strike a balance. I just hope she takes the time to enjoy her LO...and I wonder if her perspective or priorities will change after she gives birth.

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Thanks for posting this! This is an amazing achievement for FTWM!

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