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Its been hard for eBay CEO Meg Whitman (MBA 79) to stay out of the limelight lately. Fortune put her on the cover of its August 11 edition and named eBay eighth among the magazines 100 Fastest-Growing Companies. CBS MarketWatch named Whitman the recipient of its first annual CEO of the Year Award on September 18. And she landed the No. 2 spot on Fortunes list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business (October 13, 2003).
Whitman garnered all this attention the old-fashioned way: She earned it. During her five years at the helm of eBay, the company has rocketed from start-up to full-fledged powerhouse, with revenue on track to top $2 billion this year. With more than 28 million active users, eBay dominates the online auction marketplace.
Whitman came straight to HBS after graduating from Princeton with a degree in economics. She held six corporate and consulting jobs before joining eBay in 1998. Unassuming and low-key, Whitman told Fortune (August 11, 2003) that all the credit for her success goes to eBays customers: This company truly is built by the community of users.
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