Bangalore: The unparalleled growth of women-owned businesses has made headlines all around the world. Women consistently have been launching new business ventures at twice the rate compared to their male counterparts in the past few years, and have outpaced the economy with respect to the growth rates and revenues.   

Take a look at some the most successful women of the modern era, who have been at the helm of some of the biggest companies in the world, as reported by Colleen Kane of CNBC.

Marissa Mayer

Position: President and CEO

Company: Yahoo!

In July 2012, Marissa Mayer came into the limelight when she became the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company at the age 37. She broke her 13 years association with Goggle to become President and CEO of Yahoo!

Marissa Mayer was also named as 14th most powerful business women in America by Fortune magazine for the year 2012.

In the year 1999, Mayer started at Google as the first female engineer at the firm. While at Google, she was instrumental in the development of products such as Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail and iGoogle.

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