- John Donahoe
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name =John Donahoe
caption =John Donahoe in 2007
birth_date =1960
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occupation =CEO,eBay
alma_mater =Dartmouth College ,Stanford Graduate School of Business
nationality = John Donahoe became President and CEO ofeBay Inc. on March 31, 2008, succeedingMeg Whitman , who stepped down from the role after 10 years, and who continues to serve on the company's Board of Directors.As President and CEO, Donahoe has global responsibility for growing each of the company's business units, which include eBay Marketplaces,
PayPal andSkype .Donahoe came to eBay in February 2005 as President of eBay Marketplaces, responsible for all elements of eBay's global ecommerce businesses. In this role, he focused on expanding eBay's core business, which accounts for a large percentage of the company's revenues. Donahoe also oversaw a number of strategic acquisitions, including Shopping.com and
StubHub , and classifieds sites, such as Gumtree and LoQUo.During the three years he served as President of Marketplaces, revenues and profits for this division doubled.
Prior to eBay, Donahoe spent more than 20 years at
Bain & Company , a worldwide consulting firm based in Boston. Starting as an associate consultant, he rose to become the firm's CEO, where he oversaw Bain's 30 offices and 3,000 employees.In addition to serving on eBay's Inc.'s Board of Directors, he is also on the Board of Trustees of
Dartmouth College . [cite web |url=http://www.dartmouth.edu/~trustees/biographies/donahoe.html |title=Board of Trustees |accessdate= |author= |date= |work=www.dartmouth.edu |publisher=Dartmouth College]Donahoe received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the
Stanford Graduate School of Business.References
External links
* [http://news.ebay.com/team.cfm Biography at eBay's corporate site]
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