Background
John Donahoe was born in Evanston, Illinois on April 30, 1960. His father was an accountant at Price Waterhouse in Chicago.
John Donahoe was born in Evanston, Illinois on April 30, 1960. His father was an accountant at Price Waterhouse in Chicago.
He graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Dartmouth and an Master of Business Administration from Stanford Business School.
Early in his career he worked for Bain & Company, becoming the firm"s president and Chief Executive Officer in 1999. After his senior year of high school, a friend’s dad asked him to work at his Schlitz beer distribution company. “You’ll make good money,” he said.
lieutenant was a union job and the first requirement was that he join the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
Before joining eBay he worked for Bain & Company (a worldwide consulting firm based in Boston) for 20 years, starting as an associate consultant and becoming the firm"s president and Chief Executive Officer in 1999. In March 2005 he was hired as president of eBay Marketplaces.
His role was to focus on eBay"s core business, which accounts for a large percentage of the company"s revenues. He made more than forty acquisitions, including Shopping.com and StubHub, and the classifieds sites Gumtree and LoQUo, and most recently, Shutl.
In his current role as of 2015, Mr.
Donahoe oversees eBay"s two modules, eBay Marketplaces, and PayPal.
Donahoe has contributed to both parties, both to Republican candidate Congressman David Dreier of California as well as two Democrat candidates: Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, and Barbara Boxer of California.
Quotations: “You’ll make good money,”.
He is currently a member of the President"s Export Council, and serves on the Boards of Directors of both eBay Incorporated. and Intel Corporation He also serves as chairman of PayPal. He is currently a member of the President"s Export Council, and he serves on the Boards of Directors of both eBay Incorporated. and Intel Corporation
