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In pics: Marni Walden, the Verizon boss behind the Yahoo deal

Walden oversees new businesses, IoT and telematics and is a potential CEO contender

In pics: Marni Walden, the Verizon boss behind the Yahoo deal
Marni Walden, EVP and president of the product innovation and new businesses at Verizon will oversee the integration of Yahoo into its new parent.

“When I was growing up, I wanted to be either a cowboy or a ballet dancer,” she told Bloomberg. “But neither seemed like reasonable options.’’

Two years ago, the CEO of Verizon Communications handed a rising lieutenant a big job: build three business units that can each generate $5 billion of revenue a year.

That executive is Marni Walden