John Donahoe

John J. Donahoe ( born April 30, 1960) was on March 31, 2008 President and CEO of eBay and thus followed Meg Whitman, who stepped down after ten years of service from this post.

Training

Donahoe received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Dartmouth College and his MBA from the Stanford Business School.

Occupation

20 years Danohoe worked for the global consulting firm Bain & Company, where he advanced from Associate Consultant to the CEO, the board of 3000 employees in 30 branches.

EBay

Donahoe came to eBay in February 2005 and was responsible for the beginning of eBay Marketplaces and was thus responsible for eBay's global e- commerce business. He aimed at an extension of eBay 's core business, increasing both sales and profits doubled. He also was responsible for the acquisition of Shopping.com and StubHub and Internet portals such as Gumtree and LoQUo.

Since March 31, 2008 Donahoe is President and CEO of eBay Inc., and followed so that Meg Whitman, but resigned continue to operate after ten years' service as Multimilliardärin from this post on the Board of Directors. Donahoe is thus responsible for the development of the various departments of eBay, which eBay Marketplaces and PayPal belong.

As Chief Executive Officer (CEO) he earned in 2008 while in addition to the basic income in the amount of 879 808 U.S. dollars and bonuses of $ 500,000, shares with a value of 11,774,468 U.S. dollars and stock options with an estimated value of 9,029,509 U.S. dollars. For 2009, his base salary increased to $ 934,615, which accounted for only 9 % of his total remuneration. In total, he received more than 10 million dollars.

Other activities

In addition to his work on the Board of Directors of eBay Donahoe is active on the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College as vice chairman. In addition, he works in the board of directors of Intel.