Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer tweeted today that she has given birth to twin baby girls, only a day after she had a full round of major press appearances and shareholder announcements.
The 39-year-old executive, head of a company that just announced a new company turnaround plan yesterday, said she and her husband Zack Bogue had twin baby girls.
Zack and I are excited to announce that our identical twin girls were born early this morning. Our whole family is doing great! @zackbogue— marissamayer (@marissamayer) December 10, 2015
Mayer revealed in September that she would have identical twin baby girls.
Mayer previously had a boy in 2012, making her one of the few prominent female executives of a major company to have a baby while in the CEO role. She took two weeks of maternity leave.
At the time, Mayer said she was pleased the Yahoo board was not concerned, telling Fortune their actions "showed their evolved thinking."
This year, maternity and paternity leave are hot-button issues in Silicon Valley, with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announcing he would take full paternity leave for his new daughter with his wife Priscilla Chan. Zuckerberg, however, is less involved in day to day operations of the company as his COO, Sheryl Sandberg, does the bulk of that work. Mayer, who is very hands-on at Yahoo, has said she will take minimal maternity leave of two weeks.
Many reacted with awe at Mayer and questions about the babies' new roles as members of the Silicon Valley ruling class of CEO tots.
marissa mayer came on cnbc the day before having twins— Ezra Rapoport (@HFBondsTrader) December 10, 2015
Our interview with Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Chair Maynard Webb. In two parts: https://t.co/8HjQsFxxulPart2: https://t.co/kjsdsHGVyT— DAVID FABER (@davidfaber) December 9, 2015
Also - will the Bogue/Mayer twins have playdates with Max Zuckerberg/Chan?— Matt Rosoff (@MattRosoff) December 10, 2015