About the Speaker
Meg Whitman
Former CEO, eBay
Event: View From The Top
Date: Thursday, 5/5/11
In 1998, when a corporate headhunter first approached her to lead the online auction company eBay, Whitman was not interested. A visit to eBay’s headquarters and the testimonies of many enthusiastic users impressed her, however, and she accepted the offer to become the company’s president and CEO.Whitman was described as “relentlessly optimistic,” and those who worked with her said that her ability to stay focused and positive set her apart from most executives. Over the next few years, eBay continued to flourish under her leadership. When many Internet ventures had either failed or were struggling to survive, she managed to elevate the status of eBay from a small business employing a few dozen people to a major corporation employing some 15,000 and bringing in billions of dollars in revenue. Whitman retired from eBay in 2008. More
Selected Video
Meg Whitman on California’s Business Tax Burden
Selected Articles
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- Meg Whitman says the GOP must change its approach on immigration.Los Angeles Times, 4/13/11
Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman said Tuesday that her party must change its approach on immigration if it wants to be successful in California. - Meg Whitman Finds a Job.New York Times, 3/30/11
She has joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm, as a part-time special adviser, Kleiner Perkins announced late Tuesday. In addition to coaching and advising entrepreneurs, she will help evaluate new digital investments. - Meg Whitman ‘Definitely Not’ Planning 2012 Senate Bid.WSJ, 3/11/11
Meg Whitman, former eBay CEO and the unsuccessful 2010 Republican candidate for California governor, said she is “definitely not” considering a Senate bid in 2012, though she wants to find ways to shape public policy.
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