At the end of the day, both men and women who become CEOs have showed tenacity and hard work to succeed in their careers. It takes not just skills but also extreme dedication and commitment. And regardless of gender, CEOs are measured by the same criteria - the growth and success of the business.

I love taking an idea... to a prototype and then to a product that millions of people use.

Right now, offline and online are coming together because of smartphones.

The main motivations were to try to leverage Google's expertise with large computer systems and to try to give something back to science

It's important for me to show my children the richness of life and be a role model. I find that my organizational and management skills are tested more at home than at work!

We are a consumer company and our success is directly linked to our users trusting us. Therefore we have the same incentive as the user: they want to see relevant advertising so their experience of Google is positive and we want to deliver it.

Though we do need more women to graduate with technical degrees, I always like to remind women that you don't need to have science or technology degrees to build a career in tech.