John Donahoe became President and CEO of eBay Inc. on March 31 2008. In this role John has global responsibility for growing each of the company's business units which include eBay Marketplaces PayPal and Skype.
John came to eBay in February 2005 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. John 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. |