Superstar CEOs from Harvard University
Meg Whitman, Ebay
Margaret Cushing "Meg" Whitman, the American business executive is presently the President and CEO of Hewlett-Packard. She is a native of Long Island New York, and graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Business School. Whitman served as an executive in The Walt Disney Company where she acted as the Vice president of strategic planning throughout the 1980s. She worked as an executive for DreamWorks, Procter & Gamble, and Hasbro. Whitman served as President and CEO of eBay from 1998 to 2008. All through her ten years with the company, she oversaw expansion from 30 employees and $4 million in annual revenue to more than 15,000 employees and $8 billion in annual revenue.
