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43
PART III
Item 10: Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
Executive Officers and Directors
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the executive officers and directors of the
Company as of March 1, 1999:
Name Age Position
Pierre M. Omidyar ................................. . 31 Founder, Chairman of the Board and a director
Margaret C. Whitman ............................ . 42 President, Chief Executive Officer and a director
Gary F. Bengier...................................... . 44 Chief Financial Officer and Vice President Operations
Michael R. Jacobson.............................. . 44 Vice President, Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary
Jeffrey S. Skoll....................................... . 34 Vice President Strategic Planning and Analysis
Brian T. Swette ...................................... . 45 Senior Vice President of Marketing and International
Steven P. Westly.................................... . 42 Vice President Marketing and Business Development
Michael K. Wilson................................. . 41 Senior Vice President Product Development and Site Operations
Scott D. Cook (1)................................... . 46 Director
Robert C. Kagle (1)(2) ........................... . 43 Director
Howard D. Schultz (2)........................... . 45 Director
(1) Member of the Audit Committee.
(2) Member of the Compensation Committee.
Pierre M. Omidyar founded eBay as a sole proprietorship in September 1995. He has been a director and
Chairman of the Board since eBay’ s incorporation in May 1996 and also served as its Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Financial Officer and President from inception to February 1998, November 1997 and August 1996, respectively.
Prior to founding eBay, Mr. Omidyar was a developer services engineer at General Magic, a mobile communication
platform company from December 1994 to July 1996. Mr. Omidyar co-founded Ink Development Corp. (“Ink”)
(later renamed eShop) in May 1991 and served as a software engineer there from May 1991 to September 1994.
Prior to co-founding Ink, Mr. Omidyar was a developer for Claris, a subsidiary of Apple Computer, and for other
Macintosh-oriented software development companies. Mr. Omidyar holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from
Tufts University.
Margaret C. Whitman has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of eBay since February 1998 and a
director since March 1998. From January 1997 to February 1998, she was General Manager of the Preschool
Division of Hasbro Inc., a toy company. From February 1995 to December 1996, Ms. Whitman was employed by
FTD, Inc., a floral products company, most recently as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director. From
October 1992 to February 1995, Ms. Whitman was employed by The Stride Rite Corporation, in various capacities,
including President, Stride Rite Children’ s Group and Executive Vice President, Product Development, Marketing
& Merchandising, Keds Division. From May 1989 to October 1992, Ms. Whitman was employed by The Walt
Disney Company (“Disney”), an entertainment company, most recently as Senior Vice President, Marketing, Disney
Consumer Products. Before joining Disney, Ms. Whitman was at Bain & Co., a consulting firm, most recently as a
Vice President. Ms. Whitman currently serves on the board of directors of Staples, Inc. Ms. Whitman holds an A.B.
degree in Economics from Princeton University and an M.B.A. degree from the Harvard Business School.
Gary F. Bengier has served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President Operations of eBay since November
1997. From February 1997 to October 1997, Mr. Bengier was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
VXtreme, Inc. a developer of Internet video streaming products. Prior to that time, Mr. Bengier was Corporate
Controller at Compass Design Automation, a publisher of electronic circuit design software, from February 1993 to
February 1997. Mr. Bengier has also held senior financial positions at Kenetech Corp., an energy services company,
and Qume Corp., a computer peripherals company, where he participated in numerous debt and equity financing
transactions. Prior to joining Qume in 1989, Mr. Bengier spent six years at Bio-Rad Laboratories and held varied
financial management roles. Mr. Bengier also spent several years as a management consultant for Touche Ross &