Margaret C. "Meg" Whitman (born August 4, 1956) has been the President and CEO of the online marketplace eBay since March 1998. Whitman joined eBay when the company had 29 employees and operated solely in the United States; eBay is now a global organization with over 11,000 employees. In addition to managing eBay, she currently serves on the Board of Directors of Procter & Gamble and DreamWorks Animation.
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MegWhitman?The Internet phone provider Skype won't bring in profits anytime soon?the service remains free. In July the company announced a $2 billion stock buyback, eBay's first. money.cnn.com/popups/2006/fortune/mostpowerfulwomen/3.html
MegWhitman, CEO of pioneering online auctioneer eBay Inc. (EBAY), remains the czarina of Net auctions--and that's saying a lot. www.businessweek.com/2000/00_20/b3681011.htm
MegWhitman -We are far and away the largest marketplace. Sellers want to be where the buyers are, and buyers want to be where the sellers are. That's where being the largest helps www.forbes.com/2007/03/06/women-billionaires-rich_07billi...
MegWhitman began dressing up eBay's image early this year by having the company take out an insurance policy to protect buyers and sellers from fraud. www.time.com/time/digital/digital50/05.html
MegWhitman?"It's not our baseball card," says Tom Tierney, an eBay director and chairman of Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit consulting firm. "We're not owners." www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/051031/31whitman.htm
MegWhitman- We're excited about joining eBay, as we share the same values around community and we look forward to working with them to accelerate our growth. news.clickfire.com/news/ebay/
"Communications is at the heart of e-commerce and community."
"It is very clear that voice communications is moving on to the Internet. In the end, the price that anyone can provide for voice transmission on the Net will trend toward zero."
"Look at growth, look at how much time people spend on the Net and look at the variety of things that they are doing. It's all really good, so I am actually encouraged by the fundamentals that underlie usage growth on the Net."
"Most of us can't even begin to imagine."
"Sometimes it's a little bit like being a politician. We have work to do in understanding our users' sentiments."