Yahoo! chief Marissa Mayer hauled in $36.6 million in pay, bonuses and stock last year after just six months at the helm of the Internet firm, with some of that time spent on maternity leave.<\/p>\n
Mayer’s base pay of $454,862 was fattened with a $1.12 million performance bonus and about $35 million in stock, according to a filing Tuesday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.<\/p>\n
Mayer’s annual base pay this year will be one million dollars and she is eligible for many times that amount in stock and bonuses if she hangs on to the post.<\/p>\n
Beginning this year, Mayer will also be eligible to enjoy benefits generally available to other top Yahoo! executives, such as 20 days of vacation annually.<\/p>\n
In addition to a $1 million annual salary, Mayer will get $2 million yearly in bonus cash if Yahoo! hits financial performance marks, according to paperwork filed with the SEC.<\/p>\n
Mayer — one of Google’s first employees — became one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley when she was appointed Yahoo! chief executive in July.<\/p>\n
She was the first female engineer at Google and among its high-ranking executives when she left for the Yahoo! post.<\/p>\n
Mayer, who will turn 38 in May, gave birth to her first child in October.<\/p>\n
Yahoo! has been re-inventing itself as a premier online content venue since the pioneering Internet search firm found itself withering in Google’s shadow.<\/p>\n
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