Meg Whitman

Business Executive

Meg Whitman is a prominent business executive known for her leadership at eBay and HP, where she drove significant growth and innovation.

Born
August 4, 1956
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"The fact that used cars is our largest category is a good example. We would not have sat in a conference room and said, "Hey, how about used cars?" So what can be learned that is extensible to other companies is to ask what are your customers doing with your products that maybe you didn't anticipate that they would do? How do you think of your customers as your research and development lab, as opposed to having an R&D lab at headquarters?"

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"A monkey could drive this train."

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"I'm not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business. I can tell you that people in California have had it with career politicians: they are done."

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"Guess what? The world changes. eBay has defined e-commerce."

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"We can't impede progress in the name of environmental action that yields little for the environment and even less for our people.. and we should look at the environment as an economic opportunity."

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"You know, I think, people of all stripes in California, Republicans, Democrats, conservatives, liberals, frankly, as I have traveled the state, the number one issue is jobs. And they are looking for which candidate can get the economy back on track."

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"I think maybe it is about time for a governor who has created jobs, who's managed a budget, who's led and inspired large organizations, who listens well, and who can drive an agenda"

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"Because what happens is, as the economy suffers, tax revenues go down. But unlike businesses, where at least your variable costs go down, in government your variable costs go up: unemployment insurance, workmen's compensation, health care benefits, welfare, you name it."

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"What's sort of interesting about the whole public relations disaster that is the Net, in some ways, is that the fundamentals are really good."

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"In my judgment, we have to avoid, at all costs, tax increases. That would be the worst possible thing to do and will make a bad economy even worse. Beyond that, targeted tax relief should be expanded upon."

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"I want to work with the teachers' union. But as I said out there, we have to put the kids first and we are letting down a generation of California children. It's not acceptable."

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"It is very clear that voice communications is moving on to the Internet. In the end, the price that anyone can provide for voice transmission on the Net will trend toward zero."

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"People ask me, how is managing in the New Economy different from managing in the Old Economy? Actually, it's a lot the same. It's about the financial discipline of the bottom line, understanding your customers, segmenting your customers by their needs, and building a world-class management team."

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"We can put our head in the sand and continue to lose jobs overseas and to other states, or we can say, 'You know what? We are not going to lose another job from California, and we're going to be the very best place to start and grow a business.' So I'll be the chief sales officer for California businesses."

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"I want to spend 100 percent of my time focused on what I think I can make the biggest difference on as the governor of California."

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"For me, the international expansion of eBay was the best idea. We are now in 35 countries, and have a huge global network. The second best one was the acquisition of PayPal - the wallet on eBay."

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"Sometimes it's a little bit like being a politician. We have work to do in understanding our users sentiments."

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"Well, California used to be in the dream-making business, and unfortunately what's happened I think we're now in the dream-breaking business."

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"I think we can be the very best place to start a business, to grow a business, to invent a new technology, to change the world, to change the country. But we've got a lot of work to deliver a new California to the people of California."

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"Silicon Valley is 130 miles from Sacramento, but it might as well be a million miles away given how it operates."

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