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The dots all add up at eBay.
Byline: K Yatish Rajawat
Feb. 23--MUMBAI, India -- Tall, gangly, blond with turquoise blue eyes that look into you with an intensity that's surprising and makes it difficult to call her Maggie or Meg.
Meg Whitman, president & CEO of eBay, is probably the longest-serving chief of a dotcom firm. Someone who has seen the boom, bust and the maturing of the internet business model, and seen eBay touch revenues of $4.5 bn.
eBay was not very different from other internet models which came up in the mid-90s but, over the years, the company has evolved and changed. Creating markets using the internet was never new, it was actually one of the first things which Net entrepreneurs did.
There was a market for flowers, pet foods, fish food, gifts, shoes, socks, stocks and everything else. None of it survived for a variety of reasons which have been debated and discussed over the years.
eBay went on to create a successful…
- UPDATE 1-EBay CEO Whitman bids for her success.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire September 18, 2003 700+ words
...the rare enterprise that is EBay, Whitman is the winner of the inaugural...Award. Bidding it higher Under Whitman's leadership, EBay's employment rolls rose 67...acquiescence In early 2002, Whitman still believed EBay would comp
- UPDATE 2-EBay CEO Whitman bids for her success.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire September 18, 2003 700+ words
...the rare enterprise that is EBay, Whitman is the winner of the inaugural...Bidding it higher Under Whitman's leadership, EBay's employment rolls rose...acquiescence In early 2002, Whitman still believed EBay would compete and win against...
- UPDATE 3-EBay CEO Whitman bids for her success.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire September 18, 2003 700+ words
...the rare enterprise that is EBay, Whitman is the winner of the inaugural...Bidding it higher Under Whitman's leadership, EBay's work force grew 67 percent...acquiescence In early 2002, Whitman still believed EBay would compete and win against...
- Tracking eBay's New Bid; CEO Meg Whitman paid billions for upstart Skype. Now...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Stone, Brad Foroohar, Rana June 19, 2006 700+ words
...Yahoo to place search ads on eBay. Whitman, 49, has responded to eBay's new challenges by aggressively...get it. Her secret weapon: eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, who joined the negotiations at Whitman's request. In what must have...
- Meg Whitman, eBay President and CEO, Addressed Utah Executives at Utah...
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 31, 2008 700+ words
...of Mistakes" According to Whitman SALT LAKE CITY -- eBay's growth has produced many...Whitman, president and CEO of eBay. Whitman shared her own lessons learned...Draper, Utah. At the event, Whitman noted that since eBay's inception in 1995 the...
- The Revolution Awards 2004: Digital business person of the year - Meg Whitman,...
- Magazine article from: Revolution April 21, 2004 700+ words
...an internet brand, eBay is well known to the...the judges believe Meg Whitman deserves particular...active participation.' Whitman, who joined eBay in March 1998 as president...of PayPal. Prior to eBay, Whitman was general manager...
- In Korea, a "tenacious" competitor for eBay, Whitman says.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire October 18, 2006 700+ words
...FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- EBay Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman said Tuesday that eBay continues to face "tenacious...may be more tweaks in store, Whitman said during an interview. When asked if eBay would make listings free in order...
- EBay chief touts tech as leveler.(Meg Whitman)
- Newspaper article from: Denver Post (Denver, CO) Johnson, Kimberly S. October 21, 2005 700+ words
...Coloradans are registered eBay users, Whitman said, with 4,000 of those...given time, she said. When Whitman joined eBay in 1998, 10 percent of the...phenomenal." In September, Whitman orchestrated eBay's purchase of Skype Technologies...
- Meg Whitman on eBay's Self-Regulation.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire August 18, 2003 700+ words
...Tsao and John Carey When eBay CEO and President Margaret C. Whitman started at the online seller...Chief Robert D. Hof, Whitman explained eBay's appeal and outlined...follow. (For more on eBay and Whitman, see BW, 8/13-25...
- EBay chief Whitman stepping down.
- News wire article from: UPI NewsTrack January 23, 2008 700+ words
...23 (UPI) -- EBay Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman is stepping down...reported Wednesday. Whitman will be replaced...president of eBay's marketplaces...s founders. EBay's fourth-quarter earnings suggest Whitman is leaving on an...
Source: HighBeam Research, The dots all add up at eBay.
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