Meg Whitman (original) (raw)
- Meg Whitman is best known for taking eBay from 5.7millionto5.7 million to 5.7millionto8 billion in sales as CEO from 1998 to 2008.
- Whitman currently serves as the United States ambassador to Kenya; she was confirmed by the Senate as ambassador in July 2022.
- She was CEO of Hewlett-Packard from 2011 to 2015, where she oversaw its split into HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
- She stepped down as HP's chief executive in February 2018. She sat on the boards of Procter & Gamble and General Motors before becoming an ambassador.
- Whitman was CEO of the defunct short form video platform Quibi, which shuttered in October 2020, just seven months after it launched.
Wealth History
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Personal Stats
Age
68
Source of Wealth
EBay, Self Made
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2
Residence
Los Angeles, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
2
Education
Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Princeton University
Did you know
Whitman ran for Governor of California in 2010 as a Republican and lost, despite spending a reported $140 million of personal funds on her campaign.
Her husband, Griffith Harsh, is a renowned neurosurgeon, Stanford professor and Rhodes Scholar.
In Their Own Words
My mother taught me that you don't have to be perfect to be a leader, but you can't be timid. That lesson is part of the reason I went to eBay. I'd been running a multimillion-dollar business at Hasbro but sensed a very big opportunity.
Meg Whitman
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