Meg Whitman Quote
You look at the tremendous success of Facebook. To my mind there is not a lot of commerce going on in these social networking sites. eBay is a community anchored in commerce. It is a commerce site that built a community around it. What has not been proven is if the reverse can happen and people will go to community sites to do commerce.
Meg Whitman
You look at the tremendous success of Facebook. To my mind there is not a lot of commerce going on in these social networking sites. eBay is a community anchored in commerce. It is a commerce site that built a community around it. What has not been proven is if the reverse can happen and people will go to community sites to do commerce.
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About Meg Whitman
Margaret Cushing Whitman (born August 4, 1956) is an American business executive, diplomat, and politician.
A member of the Republican Party, she ran for governor of California in the 2010 California gubernatorial election and lost to former California Governor Jerry Brown, 54% to 41%. The fifth-wealthiest woman in California with a net worth of $1.3 billion in 2010, she spent, at the time, more of her own money on a single election than any other political candidate in American history. The $144 million of her own fortune she used for the race (the campaign spent $178.5 million in total, including money from donors) was surpassed only by Michael Bloomberg in the 2020 presidential election. Whitman was a senior presidential campaign official for Republican Mitt Romney in both 2008 and 2012, although she supported Democrats Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden in the 2016 presidential election and the 2020 presidential election, respectively.
In December 2021, Whitman was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as the United States Ambassador to Kenya. She was confirmed in July 2022 and took office the following month. In November 2024, she presented her resignation as US Ambassador to Kenya.
Whitman was an executive at The Walt Disney Company, where she was vice president of Strategic Planning throughout the 1980s. In the 1990s, she was an executive for DreamWorks, Procter & Gamble, and Hasbro.
Whitman was president and chief executive officer (CEO) of eBay from 1998 to 2008.
She became president and CEO of Hewlett Packard from 2011 to 2015.
She served as CEO of Quibi from its launch in 2018 until its closure in 2020.
In 2008, Whitman was cited by The New York Times as among the women most likely to become the first female president of the United States.
In 2014, Whitman was named 20th in Forbes List of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the World.
A member of the Republican Party, she ran for governor of California in the 2010 California gubernatorial election and lost to former California Governor Jerry Brown, 54% to 41%. The fifth-wealthiest woman in California with a net worth of $1.3 billion in 2010, she spent, at the time, more of her own money on a single election than any other political candidate in American history. The $144 million of her own fortune she used for the race (the campaign spent $178.5 million in total, including money from donors) was surpassed only by Michael Bloomberg in the 2020 presidential election. Whitman was a senior presidential campaign official for Republican Mitt Romney in both 2008 and 2012, although she supported Democrats Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden in the 2016 presidential election and the 2020 presidential election, respectively.
In December 2021, Whitman was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as the United States Ambassador to Kenya. She was confirmed in July 2022 and took office the following month. In November 2024, she presented her resignation as US Ambassador to Kenya.
Whitman was an executive at The Walt Disney Company, where she was vice president of Strategic Planning throughout the 1980s. In the 1990s, she was an executive for DreamWorks, Procter & Gamble, and Hasbro.
Whitman was president and chief executive officer (CEO) of eBay from 1998 to 2008.
She became president and CEO of Hewlett Packard from 2011 to 2015.
She served as CEO of Quibi from its launch in 2018 until its closure in 2020.
In 2008, Whitman was cited by The New York Times as among the women most likely to become the first female president of the United States.
In 2014, Whitman was named 20th in Forbes List of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the World.