COMPANY

Internet auction company, founded 1995 by Pierre M. Omidyar. It acquired PayPal in 2002, afterwards abandoning its own Billpoint system. Also owns Skype, Rent.com, Shopping.com, and the on-line classified sites Kijiji, Gumtree.com, LoQUo.com, Intoko, and 25% of Craigslist.

Official Website:
http://www.ebay.com/

Industry:
Retail

Ticker:
NASDAQ:EBAY

Corporate headquarters:
San Jose, CA

Sales:
$2.1B (2003)

Employees:
6200 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Donahoe	Business	c. 1960		CEO of eBay
Rajiv Dutta	Business	5-May-1960	31-Jan-2011	President of PayPal, 2006-08
Lorrie Norrington	Business	c. 1960		President of eBay Marketplaces, 2008-10
Pierre M. Omidyar	Business	21-Jun-1967		Founder of eBay
Howard A. Schmidt	Government	?		White House cybersecurity chief
Brian T. Swette	Business	c. 1954		COO of eBay, 1998-2002
Scott Thompson	Business	13-Nov-1957		CEO of Yahoo!, 2012
Maynard G. Webb	Business	1955		CEO of LiveOps, Inc.
Meg Whitman	Business	4-Aug-1956		CEO of Hewlett-Packard

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Fred D. Anderson	Business	c. 1945		CFO of Apple, 1996-2004
Marc Andreessen	Computer Programmer	26-Apr-1971		Co-Founder of Netscape
Edward W. Barnholt	Business	1943		CEO of Agilent Technologies, 1999-2005
Scott Cook	Business	c. 1952		Co-Founder of Intuit
John Donahoe	Business	c. 1960		CEO of eBay
William Clay Ford, Jr.	Business	3-May-1957		CEO of Ford, 2001-06
Dawn G. Lepore	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Drugstore.com
Kathleen C. Mitic	Business	c. 1969		Director of Marketing at Facebook
David M. Moffett	Business	c. 1952		CFO of US Bancorp, 2001-07
Pierre M. Omidyar	Business	21-Jun-1967		Founder of eBay
Richard T. Schlosberg III	Publisher	c. 1943		Publisher of LA Times, 1994-97
Thomas J. Tierney	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Bain & Company, 1992-2000

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Philippe Bourguignon	Business	1948		Revolution Resorts
Rajiv Dutta	Business	5-May-1960	31-Jan-2011	President of PayPal, 2006-08
Robert C. Kagle	Business	c. 1956		Benchmark Capital
Brian T. Swette	Business	c. 1954		COO of eBay, 1998-2002
Meg Whitman	Business	4-Aug-1956		CEO of Hewlett-Packard

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