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01 Dec 2009
Up for Grabs
Re: Meg Whitman (MBA 1979)
Topics: Government and Politics-State GovernmentGovernance-Governing and Advisory BoardsGovernance-Governing Rules, Regulations, and ReformsGovernment and Politics-Political Elections
WHITMAN: After a successful career at eBay, going for the gold in California.
Photo by David McNew/Getty Images
Making her biggest bid in a career built on bids, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman (MBA ’79) threw her hat into the ring in September and formally declared that she wants one of the nation’s biggest political prizes: the governorship of California. Alluding to the cash-strapped Golden State’s financial predicament, Whitman said, “Honestly, when I talk about spending, I get mad. I simply cannot understand how even politicians could have let things get so bad,” the New York Times (September 23, 2009) reported. One of her radio ads stated, “We need to reinvent California, and that reinvention starts at the top.”
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