John Donahoe
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Born | John Joseph Donahoe II April 30, 1960 Evanston, Illinois, US |
Alma mater | Dartmouth College, Stanford Graduate School of Business |
Occupation(s) | CEO, ServiceNow |
Known for | board of intuit, Nike, bridgespan |
Board member of | eBay Intel Corp PayPal ServiceNow President's Export Council |
Spouse | Eileen Donahoe |
Children | Three sons and one daughter |
John Joseph Donahoe II (born April 30, 1960)[2] is an American businessman who was the president and CEO of eBay from March 2008 to July 2015.[3] Early in his career he worked for Bain & Company, becoming the firm's president and CEO in 1999.[4] He is a member of the President's Export Council,[5] and is a director of eBay and Intel,[6] and the chairman of PayPal. Donahoe was named president and CEO of ServiceNow, a cloud company, in February 2017.[7][8]
Early life and education
John Donahoe was born in Evanston, Illinois on April 30, 1960.[9] His father was an accountant at Price Waterhouse in Chicago.[10] In 1978, he graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois.[10] He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Dartmouth, followed by an MBA from Stanford Business School.[1] Donahoe is of Irish descent.[11]
Career
After his senior year of high school, a friend's father asked him to work at his Schlitz beer distribution company. "You’ll make good money," he said. It was a union job and the first requirement was that he join the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.[12]
Before joining eBay he worked for Bain & Company (a worldwide consulting firm based in Boston) for 20 years, starting as an associate consultant and rising to become the firm's president and CEO in 1999.[4]
In March 2005 he was hired as president of eBay Marketplaces. His role was to focus on eBay's core business, which accounts for a large percentage of the company's revenues.[3] He made more than forty acquisitions, including Shopping.com and StubHub,[13] and the classifieds sites Gumtree and LoQUo, and most recently, Shutl.[14][15] After his departure from eBay in 2015, Donahoe was replaced by eBay Marketplaces President, Devin Wenig.[16]
He is a member of the President's Export Council,[5] and he serves on the Boards of Directors of both eBay Inc. and Intel Corp.[6]
In February 2017, he was announced as the president and CEO of ServiceNow, an IT organization software company. He became familiar with ServiceNow while working at eBay.[7]
He served on the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College from 2003 to 2012.[17]
Politics
Donahoe has contributed to both parties, both to Republican candidate Congressman David Dreier of California as well as two Democrat candidates: Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, and Barbara Boxer[18] of California.
Personal life
He is married to Eileen Donahoe (née Chamberlain), former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.[19] They have four children, three sons and a daughter, and live in Portola Valley, California.[20][21]
References
- ^ a b "John J. Donahoe II". Businessweek. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ cdn.businessweek.com at archive.today (archived 2013-07-13)
- ^ a b "John Donahoe". Forbes. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Leadership - eBay Inc". Web.archive.org. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
- ^ a b "President's Export Council Members". Trade.gov. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
- ^ a b $' + '{name}. "Intel Newsroom: Space: Intel Executive Biographies". Web.archive.org. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
- ^ a b Balakrishnan, Anita (2017-02-27). "Former eBay boss John Donahoe named CEO of cloud company ServiceNow". CNBC. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
- ^ "Former eBay CEO John Donahue Has A New Job". Fortune. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
- ^ "John Donahoe". Irish America. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Tech drives eBay growth". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ "A fifth-generation Irish-American, John is very interested in his Irish ancestry". Irish America. 2008-06-02. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
- ^ linkedin.com at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2013-11-08)
- ^ Stone, Brad (2007-02-21). "Stirring Up the Cubicles at eBay". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ "John Donahoe | Irish America". irishamerica.com. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ Eldon, Eric; Tsotsis, Alexia. "John Donahoe, eBay President And CEO, To Take The Disrupt NY Stage". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ Mac, Ryan. "EBay Reveals $23 Million Golden Parachute For CEO John Donahoe In PayPal Split". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ "Trustees Emeriti". Dartmouth College. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
- ^ NEWSMEAT ▷ John Donahoe's Federal Campaign Contribution Report Archived 2012-09-22 at the Wayback Machine. Newsmeat.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-24.
- ^ "Dartmouth News' announcement of Dr. Donahoe's appointment of U.S. Ambassador to UNHR", The Dartmouth, 13 November 2009.
- ^ Donahoe, Eileen and John (15 July 2013). "'We Leaned Into Our Marriage'". Lean In.
- ^ Sellers, Patricia (26 January 2011). "EBay CEO Donahoe bares his own work-life struggles". CNN Money. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014.
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