Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page provided the following short statement to TPM in response to the surprise announcement Monday that top Google executive and longtime employee Marissa Mayer has resigned from the company to become CEO of Yahoo:
“Since arriving at Google just over 13 years ago as employee #20, Marissa has been a tireless champion of our users. She contributed to the development of our Search, Geo, and Local products as well as many other product areas. We will miss her talents at Google.”
