>Kara Swisher, asked show creator Mike Judge if Laurie Bream was a little slice of Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer, and got an assent that Mayer was "one of" the inspirations.
I'm not sure how that makes sense. Laurie Bream is a direct character replacement after the actor Christopher Welch passed away. The character barely changed at all. If MM was an inspiration, it must have been on a very subtle level, or possibly only in finding the right look of the actor to play Laurie Bream.
>Marissa Mayer, the Yahoo CEO who enunciates in a similar alien voice, makes cutthroat decisions based on metrics, and has difficulty holding eye contact with subordinates.
Laurie Bream is still Peter Thiel. The character is nothing like Marissa Mayer. MM doesn't really have an analogue in the SV show.