Ms. Whitman has led the company to become "The World's Online Marketplace" and has helped reshape how commerce takes place around the world. In addition, eBay is now the global leader in online payments and Internet telephony with PayPal and Skype, respectively. Prior to joining eBay, Ms. Whitman was general manager of Hasbro's Preschool Division responsible for global management and marketing of some of the world's best-known children's brands including Playskool. Among her many accolades, Time named Ms. Whitman one of the world's 100 most influential people in 2004 and 2005 and Fortune ranked her as one of the most 25 powerful people in business and the most powerful woman in American business in 2004 and 2005. |