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eBay chief looks set to retire
News Meg Whitman, chief executive of auction giant eBay, is planning to retire, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Whitman recently has been entrusting more of the day-to-day responsibilities to others and "is completing her succession... [23 Jan 2008]
Meg Whitman
AS Profile As CEO of eBay since 1998, Whitman has overseen the development of the auction site into one of the world's biggest online brands despite fierce competition from Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos. Whitman has also made sure eBay continues to innovate so it... [12 Oct 2007]
Surprise omissions and trends
AS Analysis Last year eBay CEO Meg Whitman led the female representation at 13, whereas this year there are three women in the top 15 alone, with Whitman down 14 places at 27. The Agenda Setters rankings always throw a few curve balls. [12 Oct 2007]
eBay takes $900m hit for Skype buy
News But despite this success, eBay's CEO Meg Whitman said when the results were released, she was still not happy with Skype's usage levels. Don't call it a bust just yet but it's fair to say eBay executives aren't thrilled with what they're getting... [02 Oct 2007]
School District Boosts Web Performance 20 Percent, Gains Security, User Satisfaction
White Paper The Whitman-Hanson Regional School District was using an inflexible router-based Internet access solution that required the local ISP to manage all port-configuration changes. Whitman-Hanson turned to a solution based on Microsoft Internet Security... [29 Nov 2006]
Meg Whitman
AS Profile After slipping down the Agenda Setters list to number 26 last year, Meg Whitman has made a comeback. One of Whitman's key achievements this year has been to broker a deal with Google in which the two companies will develop 'click to call' ads that... [25 Sep 2006]
Niklas Zennström
AS Profile Hardly a lackey, he rules the Skype dominion and has the ear of one of the most successful dot-commers, eBay CEO Meg Whitman. Why? Causing grief for the telcos Skype sold out to eBay but Niklas Zennström hasn't sold out to anyone, according to the... [25 Sep 2006]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Niklas Zennström
News That role is played quite well indeed by Meg Whitman. As the countdown begins to silicon.com's seventh annual Agenda Setters poll of tech's 50 most influential individuals, it is time to look back at those who held top 10 positions in 2005. [18 Sep 2006]
Cheat Sheet: Net neutrality
Cheat Sheet and Microsoft have all made very public statements about the need for net neutrality and for the amendment to stand.eBay CEO Meg Whitman emailed over a million users to call for their support. An aggressive catfight about who should control the... [16 Jun 2006]
Net neutrality slain
News As the final House vote drew closer, lobbyists and CEOs from both sides began stepping up the pressure.eBay CEO Meg Whitman emailed more than a million members, urging them to support the concept, and Google CEO Eric Schmidt on Wednesday called on... [12 Jun 2006]
eBay asks users to weigh into net neutrality debate
News Meg Whitman, chief executive of the internet auctioneer, called on more than a million eBay members to get involved in the debate over telecommunications laws and "send a message to your representatives in Congress before it is too late". [02 Jun 2006]
Gates to advise UK government on globalisation
News Other high-tech names on the Ibac include Meg Whitman, president and CEO of eBay; Ratan Tata, chairman of India's Tata Group; and Sir Ka-shing Li, chairman of the board at Hutchison Whampoa, which owns mobile operator 3. [21 Mar 2006]
Leader: Agenda Setters 2005 - return of the dot-coms
Leader Joined by four other dot-com execs - Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos, eBay's Meg Whitman and Jeff Skoll, and Yahoo! Once again the silicon.com Agenda Setters poll of tech's most influential individuals highlights a number of key trends in the IT industry... [27 Sep 2005]
Google's Schmidt named the top man in tech
News It's a return of the dot-coms with winner Schmidt joined by a handful of internet company bosses who have been absent from the list in recent years, including Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos (21), eBay CEO Meg Whitman (26) and Yahoo! [27 Sep 2005]
Leader: Agenda Setters 2005 - return of the dot-coms
AS Analysis Joined by four other dot-com execs - Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos, eBay's Meg Whitman and Jeff Skoll, and Yahoo! Once again the silicon.com Agenda Setters poll of tech's most influential individuals highlights a number of key trends in the IT industry... [26 Sep 2005]
