Margaret Cushing "Meg" Whitman (born August 4, 1956) is an American business magnate and former Chief Executive Officer and President of eBay. She served as President and CEO, in addition to serving on the company's Board of Directors, from 1998 to 2008.
A native of Long Island, New York, Whitman is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School. She has worked for numerous international companies, including Procter & Gamble, The Walt Disney Company, DreamWorks, and Hasbro, before joining eBay in March 1998.
In September 2009 she officially announced her candidacy for Governor of California, as a Republican.
She won the party's primary on June 8, 2010, and will face former Governor of California Jerry Brown in the state's general election on November 2, 2010.
Early life and education
Whitman is married to Griffith Harsh IV, a neurosurgeon at Stanford University Medical Center. They have two sons. She has lived in Atherton, California, since March 1998. Meg Whitman is not related to former Republican Governor of New Jersey Christine Todd Whitman.
Career
She began her career in 1979 as a brand manager 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.
In 1989, Whitman became vice president of strategic planning at The Walt Disney Company and in 1991, joined Stride Rite Corporation, before becoming president and CEO of Florists' Transworld Delivery in 1995.
In January 1997, Whitman joined Hasbro's Playskool Division as a General Manager. Here she oversaw global management and marketing of two children's brands, Playskool and Mr. Potato Head as well as importing the Teletubbies into the U.S.
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A native of Long Island, New York, Whitman is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School. She has worked for numerous international companies, including Procter & Gamble, The Walt Disney Company, DreamWorks, and Hasbro, before joining eBay in March 1998.
In September 2009 she officially announced her candidacy for Governor of California, as a Republican.
She won the party's primary on June 8, 2010, and will face former Governor of California Jerry Brown in the state's general election on November 2, 2010.
Early life and education
Whitman is married to Griffith Harsh IV, a neurosurgeon at Stanford University Medical Center. They have two sons. She has lived in Atherton, California, since March 1998. Meg Whitman is not related to former Republican Governor of New Jersey Christine Todd Whitman.
Career
She began her career in 1979 as a brand manager 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.
In 1989, Whitman became vice president of strategic planning at The Walt Disney Company and in 1991, joined Stride Rite Corporation, before becoming president and CEO of Florists' Transworld Delivery in 1995.
In January 1997, Whitman joined Hasbro's Playskool Division as a General Manager. Here she oversaw global management and marketing of two children's brands, Playskool and Mr. Potato Head as well as importing the Teletubbies into the U.S.
article source : wikipedia.org
edited by : HORSA
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