Leadership
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John Donahoe
President and Chief Executive Officer, eBay Inc.
A Favorite eBay Inc. Experience:Read BioI sold an old cell phone on eBay, using eBay Giving Works. The buyer told me that he bought mine from the dozens of identical listings because of the charity component.
Biography
John became President and CEO of eBay Inc. on March 31, 2008. In this role, he has global responsibility for growing the company's core e-commerce and payments businesses, which include eBay and PayPal. As CEO, John has aimed to redefine the company as a global e-commerce and payments leader through a strong focus on innovation and customers. Under his watch, the company has aggressively grown payments worldwide, made major strides in reinvigorating its core marketplace business, and established an early lead in mobile commerce. In addition, John has brought strategic clarity to the overall business – selling off a majority of Skype in 2009 – and centered acquisitions on important e-commerce markets (e.g., Gmarket in Korea), as well in burgeoning growth areas like transactional credit (e.g., Bill Me Later).
John joined eBay in February 2005 as President of eBay Marketplaces, responsible for all elements of eBay's global e-commerce businesses. In this role, he focused on expanding eBay's core business, which accounts for a large percentage of the company's revenues. John also oversaw a number of strategic acquisitions, including Shopping.com, StubHub and classifieds site Gumtree. During his three-year tenure as President of Marketplaces, revenues and profits for the division doubled.
Prior to eBay, John spent more than 20 years at Bain & Company, a worldwide consulting firm based in Boston. Starting as an Associate Consultant, John rose to become the firm's CEO, where he oversaw Bain's 30 offices and 3,000 employees.
In addition to serving on the Board of Directors for eBay Inc. and Intel Corp., John is also on the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College. John received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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Beth Axelrod
Senior Vice President, Human Resources, eBay Inc.
A Favorite eBay Inc. Experience:Read BioMy 13-year-old son is a star baseball player — and eBay is virtually the only place we can find baseball cleats in his size — a men's 11 4E!
Biography
As eBay Inc.’s head of global HR, Beth is responsible for all aspects of the company's human resources capabilities including recruiting, learning and development, compensation, benefits and the continuing evolution of the company's corporate culture.
Prior to joining eBay in March 2005, Beth was chief talent officer at WPP Group, one of the world's leading communications services groups, where she was responsible for the recruitment, development and retention of WPP staff worldwide. Before WPP, she was a principal with McKinsey & Company where she was co-leader of the firm's global organization and leadership practice.
Beth received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering with a concentration in finance from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, and a Master of Private and Public Management from Yale University.
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Mark Carges
Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, Global Products, Marketplaces
A Favorite eBay Inc. Experience:Read BioI sold a heavy oak dresser from the early 1900s on eBay using the local-pickup option — my first time trying this. I wasn't disappointed, selling it to a local, first-time eBay buyer who paid with PayPal.
Biography
Mark joined the eBay Inc. leadership team in September 2008, overseeing eBay Inc.’s platform strategy, as well as having overall responsibility for technology, software development and site operations for eBay.com.
Prior to joining eBay Inc., Mark was executive vice president, products and general manager, for the Business Interaction Division at BEA Systems, a provider of enterprise application infrastructure software which was acquired by Oracle in April 2008. During more than a decade at BEA, Mark held a variety of senior technology leadership roles, including Chief Technology Officer.Mark began his career at Bell Labs as one of the original architects of Tuxedo, software for constructing highly scalable transaction processing applications. Prior to BEA, he designed and developed early versions of Tuxedo at Bell Labs, Unix System Labs and Novell.
Mark holds a BA in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley and an MS degree in Computer Science from New York University.
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Michael Jacobson
Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary, eBay Inc.
A Favorite eBay Inc. Experience:Read BioLost a computer cable on a trip and replaced it on eBay. It was a great deal, regular shipping. Surprisingly, it arrived the next day (still haven't figured this out … although I'm not complaining). Paid with PayPal, of course.
Biography
Mike joined eBay Inc. in August 1998 and is responsible for overseeing the company’s legal department, risk management program and its policy group. He is responsible for interactions with content regulators, law enforcement, contracts, SEC compliance, and other legal matters.
Prior to eBay, Mike was a partner with Cooley Godward LLP where he was recognized as an expert in securities law. His responsibilities included corporate and securities transactions, including mergers and acquisition transactions, public offerings, and venture capital financing.
Mike earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Magna Cum Laude, in 1975 from Harvard College, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He subsequently received his law degree from Stanford University in 1981, where he was a Nathan Abbot Scholar and a member of Order of the Coif. He also received the Hilmer Oehlmann Jr. award as well as first and second year honors.
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Alan Marks
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, eBay Inc.
A Favorite eBay Inc. Experience:Read BioI love photography. Thanks to eBay sellers, I bought photo paper from New York, a high-quality camera lens cap from Korea and a collection of prints by Japanese photographers from Argentina. Now that's a global marketplace!
Biography
Alan leads communications strategy for all areas of eBay Inc., including business and consumer media relations, employee communications, executive positioning and issues and reputation management.
Alan has more than 20 years of experience managing communications for top global consumer brands. Prior to joining eBay in April 2008, Alan was at Nike Inc., where he served as a member of the company's global communications leadership team. In that role, he led corporate media relations for global product launches, communications of the company's growth strategy, and Nike's industry-leading corporate responsibility strategies.
Prior to Nike, Alan headed corporate communications for Gap Inc. from 1999 to 2005. There, he led media relations, executive and employee communications, reputation management and corporate responsibility. Before Gap Inc., Alan was with Avon Products Inc. for 12 years in a variety of global communications positions. He began his career as a journalist.
Alan received a BA in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an MA in liberal studies from New York University.
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Lorrie Norrington
President, eBay Marketplaces
A Favorite eBay Inc. Experience:Read BioMy hairstylist is crazy about Michael Jackson. So instead of tipping him at my last visit, I found an amazing video compilation of Michael Jackson on eBay and gave it to him — he was practically moonwalking!
Biography
Lorrie has overall responsibility for eBay Marketplaces, a global business unit that contributes a significant portion of eBay Inc.'s total revenue.
Before becoming president of eBay Marketplaces in July 2008, Lorrie had been responsible for the North America business unit, global technology, and global customer service as head of Marketplaces Operations, a position she assumed in January 2008. Prior to this role, she was president of eBay International, overseeing the strategic and financial planning, marketing, operations, product development and business development for eBay's international businesses, including eBay's network of sites in Europe and Asia Pacific.
Lorrie started her career at eBay in June 2005, when she joined the company as president and CEO of Shopping.com, eBay's online comparison shopping business. Prior to Shopping.com, Lorrie spent four years at Intuit Inc., where she first served as Intuit's executive vice president of small businesses and personal finance, leading the company's QuickBooks and Quicken brands. She then was a member of the office of the CEO, responsible for operations, verticals and all non-US businesses.
Before joining Intuit, Lorrie spent 20 years at GE in a variety of global roles in the information services, medical systems, industrial systems and financial services businesses.
Lorrie holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of Maryland and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. She serves on the Board of Directors of McAfee, Inc., as well as on the Advisory Board of the Catalyst Group.
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Bob Swan
Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, eBay Inc.
A Favorite eBay Inc. Experience:Read BioMy best investment in 2008 was using MicroPlace to invest in five entrepreneurs. While the equity markets were tanking last year, positive quarterly returns were being deposited directly into my PayPal account.
Biography
Bob is responsible for all aspects of eBay Inc.'s finance function including controllership, financial planning and analysis, tax, treasury, audit, mergers and acquisitions, and investor relations.
Prior to joining eBay in February 2006, Bob was CFO and executive vice president at Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS). With financial responsibility for a global organization with revenues of more than $20 billion and 117,000 employees, he oversaw the controllership, treasury, tax, investor relations, audit, planning, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain management and corporate administrative functions for EDS.
Prior to EDS, Bob served as CFO and executive vice president at TRW, Inc., and also held executive-level positions at Webvan Group, Inc., providing him with valuable Silicon Valley experience. He began his career with General Electric (GE) in 1985 and spent 15 years in a variety of positions, including corporate audit staff and CFO at GE Transportation Systems and GE Medical Systems-Europe. He left GE in 1999 as vice president of finance and CFO of GE Lighting.
Bob received a Bachelor of Science in business administration from The State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo. He also received a Master of Business Administration from SUNY Binghamton. Bob serves on the Board of Directors of Applied Materials.
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Scott Thompson
President, PayPal
A Favorite eBay Inc. Experience:Read BioI gave my son a PayPal Student Account debit card, which means he's only a text message away from getting money in an emergency. He gave me the ultimate endorsement: "Dad, this is SO COOL!"
Biography
Scott became President of PayPal in January 2008. He has overall responsibility for growing the company as a global leader in online payments. Scott previously served as PayPal's Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer where he oversaw information technology, product development, and architecture for PayPal.
Prior to joining PayPal in February 2005, Scott worked for Inovant, a subsidiary of Visa formed to oversee global technology for the organization. As Executive Vice President of Technology Solutions at Inovant, he was responsible for all development, support and maintenance of Visa's global payment system.
Scott was also Chief Information Officer of Barclays Global Investors, where he implemented a new strategic technology platform and global infrastructure. In addition, he has worked with Coopers and Lybrand, delivering information technology solutions to leading financial services clients such as Wells Fargo.
Scott received a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Computer Science from Stonehill College. He serves on the Board of Directors of F5 Networks Inc. and Zuora, Inc.