John Donahoe
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 John Donahoe |
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| Born | April 30, 1960 |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College, Stanford Graduate School of Business |
| Occupation | CEO, eBay |
John Donahoe (born April 30, 1960[1]) is an American businessman and the President and CEO of eBay Inc. since March 31, 2008, succeeding Meg Whitman, who stepped down from the role after 10 years.
As President and CEO, Donahoe has global responsibility for growing each of the company's business units, which include eBay Marketplaces, and PayPal.
Donahoe came to eBay in March 2005[2] 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.[citation needed]
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 president and CEO in 1999.[3].
In addition to serving on eBay's Inc.'s Board of Directors, he is also on the Intel Corp. Board of Directors.[4]
Donahoe received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Dartmouth College, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity, and an MBA from the Stanford Business School.
Politics[edit]
In his earlier career, Donahoe often contributed to Republican candidates, including Congressman David Dreier of his home state California. However, in recent years his contributions were usually to Democratic candidates, and among them senatorial candidates from across the country, from New York's Kirsten Gillibrand to California's Barbara Boxer.[5]
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External links[edit]
- Biography at eBay's corporate site
- An excerpt from 'True North,' by Bill George: America's Most Admired Companies
- John J. Donahoe Forbes Profile
- John Donahoe on Charlie Rose
- Bain & Company search John Donahoe
- Boards will be frozen by caution's icy hand, 2003, by Robin Buchanan and John Donahoe
- Corporate Venturing: Management Fad or Lasting Trend, 2001, by John Donahoe, Phil Schefter and David Harding
- Viewpoint: Look - at Amex and Schwab Models - Before Leaping into Corporate Ventures, 2001, by John Donahoe, Joe Spinelli and Phil Schefter
- The Last Legacy of the Dotcom Era, 2002,by John Donahoe, Phil Schefter and David Harding
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| Preceded by Meg Whitman |
Chief Executive Officer of eBay March 31, 2008 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| President of eBay March 31, 2008 – present |
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