Meg Whitman

Meg Whitman was president and CEO of eBay from March 1998 through March 2008, when she stepped down. During her tenure, eBay has come to dominate the online space with a portfolio of brands--notably eBay, PayPal and Skype--that generated nearly $8 billion in sales in 2007.

Before eBay, Whitman was with toymaker Hasbro Inc., overseeing global management and marketing of two of the world's best-known children's brands, Playskool and Mr. Potato Head. Prior to Hasbro, she was president and CEO of Florists Transworld Delivery, the world’s largest floral products company.

The Wall Street Journal named Whitman one of the 50 women to watch in 2005 and 2006; Fortune consistently ranked her among the top three most powerful women in business; and BusinessWeek included her on its list of the best business managers from 2000 through 2004. Whitman is also one of the few women to have been consecutively ranked (2004 and 2005) among the world’s most influential people by Time Magazine.

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