hewlett-packard co (HPQ:New York)

Executive Profile*

Background*

Ms. Margaret C. Whitman, Meg has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Hewlett-Packard Company since September 22, 2011. Ms. Whitman was a Strategic Adviser and Partner of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers from March 2011 to September 2011. She served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of EBay Inc. from 1998 to March 2008, and served as its Special Advisor. She served as the Chief Executive Officer at eBay Eachnet Co. Ltd. She founded Peer News, ... Inc. From January 1997 to February 1998, Ms. Whitman served as a General Manager of the Preschool Division of Hasbro Inc. From February 1995 to December 1996, she served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Florists' Transworld Delivery, Inc. She held executive-level positions at FTD, Inc. (FTD Group, Inc.). From October 1992 to February 1995, she was employed by The Stride Rite Corporation as the President of Stride Rite Children's Group and Executive Vice President of Product Development, Marketing, and Merchandising at Keds Division. From May 1989 to October 1992, Ms. Whitman was employed by the Walt Disney Company as the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Disney Consumer Products. Before joining Disney, she was a Vice President at Bain & Company Inc. for eight years. Ms. Whitman began her career at Procter and Gamble in Cincinnati, where she worked in brand management from 1979 to 1981. Ms. Whitman was employed at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. She has been a Director of ArcSight Inc. since January 2011, and Zaarly, Inc. since October 2011. Ms. Whitman also serves as a Director at Staples, Inc. and Bizbuyer.com. Ms. Whitman has been a Director of Hewlett-Packard Company since January 21, 2011. She serves as Member of Advisory Board at Rosewood Capital. She has been a Director of Procter & Gamble Company since February 8, 2011 and previously served the same position from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2008. She served as a Director of Zipcar, Inc. since February 28, 2011 until March 14, 2013. She served as a Director of eBay Inc. since March 1998 and TradeOut.com, Inc. since October 1999. She served as Director of Staples.com. She served as Director of Gap Inc. from September 30, 2003 to May 2006 and DreamWorks Animation Skg Inc. from April 21, 2005 to December 31, 2008. Earlier, from February 1995 to December 1996, She served as a Director at Florists' Transworld Delivery, Inc. She is a board member of Teach For America, The Nature Conservancy, and Summit Public Schools. She is a Member of the Board of Trustees of Princeton University. Fortune ranked Ms. Whitman as one of the 25 “most powerful people in business” in 2004 and 2005, Time named her one of the world's 100 most influential people in 2004, and Worth ranked her number one on its 2002 list of best Chief Executive Officers and Business Week has included her on its list of the 25 most powerful business managers annually since 2000. Business Week listed her on its list of the most powerful business managers every year from 2000-2008. She holds an M.B.A. degree from the Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Economics from Princeton University.

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