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*[http://www.megwhitman.com] Meg Whitman's Gubernatorial Campaign Website
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*[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10529488] 2008 Meg Whitman Falls Completely Off of Top 100 Forbes Most Powerful Women.
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*[http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/multimedia/vftt/whitman.ram Streaming video of a talk to Stanford's Graduate School of Business] May 2006
*[http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/multimedia/vftt/whitman.ram Streaming video of a talk to Stanford's Graduate School of Business] May 2006

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Meg Whitman
File:Mm whitman tech 405.jpg
Born
Margaret Cushing Whitman

(1956-08-04) August 4, 1956 (age 68)
Long Island, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)former President and CEO, eBay
Political partyRepublican
SpouseGriffith Rutherford Harsh IV
Children2

Margaret Cushing "Meg" Whitman (born August 4, 1956)[2] was President and Chief Executive Officer of eBay from March 1998 to March 2008, when she stepped down from her role. In 2006 Whitman endorsed Governor Mitt Romney for president and served in his campaign. After Romney withdrew and endorsed Senator John McCain, Whitman also endorsed McCain. On February 9, 2009 Whitman announced her candidacy for Governor of California. The election will take place November of 2010. Whitman supports abortion rights, same-sex civil unions, and adoption rights for same-sex couples, but not same-sex marriage.

Background and education

Whitman was born on Long Island, New York, the daughter of Hendricks Hallett Whitman and Margaret (Goodhue) Whitman.[3][4] Whitman attended Cold Spring Harbor High School in Cold Spring Harbor, New York. She earned a Bachelor of Economics from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1979.[5]

Career

She began her career in 1979 at Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio, before moving on to work as a consultant at Bain & Company's San Francisco office, where she worked her way through the ranks to achieve a senior Vice President position.

Following her work at Bain, Ms. Whitman held lower level executive positions at the Stride Rite Corporation and at the Walt Disney Company.

In January of 1997, Ms Whitman joined Hasbro's Playschool Division as a General Manager, overseeing global management and marketing of two of the world's best-known children's brands, Playskool and Mr. Potato Head.

Whitman joined eBay in March 1998, when there were 30 employees.[6]

Whitman resigned as CEO of eBay in November 2007, but remained on the Board and as an Advisor to new CEO John Donahoe until late 2008.

Whitman also served on the boards of the eBay Foundation, Procter & Gamble, and DreamWorks SKG until early 2009. [5][7]

Political activities

Whitman has made monetary donations to various candidates and PACs. While these have gone to both Republicans and Democrats, the donations seem to be weighted to Republicans such as Orrin Hatch, Mitt Romney, John McCain, and George Allen. [8]

Whitman was a supporter of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's presidential campaign [9][10] in 2008 and was on his "National Finance Team".[11] She was also listed as Finance co-chair of Romney's exploratory committee. [12] However, after Romney stepped out of the race, and endorsed McCain, Whitman joined John McCain's presidential campaign as a national co-chair. [13]

At the 2008 Republican National Convention, Whitman gave a speech about what McCain would do in his first one hundred days in office if elected.

McCain mentioned Whitman as a possible Secretary of the Treasury during the second presidential debate in 2008.[14]

Whitman is pro-choice but voted for California Proposition 4, a parental notification initiative. [15]

Whitman supported California's Proposition 8 in 2008 which banned same-sex marriages,[16] but she said that the same-sex marriages that took place before the ban should be recognized and that gay and lesbian couples should be able to adopt children.[16] Whitman does support gay civil unions.[16]

On February 9, 2009, Whitman announced she would run for governor of California in the 2010 election.[17]

Criticism

Her public support of California's Proposition 8, an initiative prohibiting same-sex marriage [18] drew criticism. Whitman supports same-sex civil unions and believes the same-sex marriages that took place prior to the passing of the proposition should remain valid.

"Q: Can you give us your thoughts on doing business in China given the civil-rights issues there?

A: We do not have the issue that many of the portals have doing business in China because in China, we are not serving news, we're not serving really anything that has to do with commentary." [19]

References

  1. ^ Forbes
  2. ^ Mark Bigault (2007-06-05). "Meg Whitman" (HTML). Retrieved 2008-04-20.
  3. ^ Meg Whitman to Wed June 7 - Free Preview - The New York Times
  4. ^ "Hendricks H. Whitman, Executive, 70". New York Times. February 23, 1991. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  5. ^ a b Meg Whitman Business Biography
  6. ^ Thomas, Owen (October 8, 2009). "eBay founder factchecks John McCain". Valleywag. Gawker Media. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
  7. ^ Lifsher, Marc (January 6, 2009). "Ex-EBay chief Meg Whitman quits board seats". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  8. ^ Meg Whitman at newsmeat.com
  9. ^ Governor Mitt Romney Announces First Group of National Finance Co-Chairs
  10. ^ MTP transcript for Oct. 21, 2007 - Meet the Press, online at MSNBC - MSNBC.com
  11. ^ Romney Reaps $20 Million to Top G.O.P. Rivals - New York Times
  12. ^ Election Center 2008: Candidates - Election & Politics News from CNN.com
  13. ^ John McCain 2008 - John McCain for President
  14. ^ Reuters (2008). McCain, Obama discuss possible Treasury secretary picks. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
  15. ^ Marinucci, Carla (February 13, 2009). "Meg Whitman makes case on how she's different". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  16. ^ a b c Finnegan, Michael (February 11, 2009). "GOP gubernatorial candidate Whitman outlines stands". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  17. ^ http://www.latimes.com/la-me-meg-whitman10-2009feb10,0,306770.story
  18. ^ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i1OhTdpAoN4MvqdKYc0uPZaQEKvAD95HC9MG5
  19. ^ Howe, Ken, Saracevic, Alan T., Kopytoff, Verne and Fost, Dan (19 November 2006). "On the Record: Meg Whitman" (DTL). San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst accessdate=2009-02-16. pp. C-1. {{cite news}}: Missing pipe in: |publisher= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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