Meg Whitman

She transformed eBay from a 30-person startup into an $8B marketplace.

Few leaders have worn as many hats as Whitman.

She held leadership roles at Procter & Gamble, Disney, and Hasbro before making her most legendary move.

Joining eBay in 1998 when it was a small, scrappy startup.

Under her leadership, the company exploded from 30 employees and $4M in revenue to 15,000 employees and $8B in sales.

She was one of the first to prove that a woman could lead a high-growth tech company to dominance.

After a decade at eBay, she took on another massive challenge: Hewlett-Packard.

As CEO, she oversaw its historic 2015 split into HP Inc. (personal computers and printers) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (enterprise tech services).

It was one of the biggest corporate transformations of the decade, though not without controversy.

In 2010, she shifted gears and entered politics.

She ran for governor of California as a Republican, personally spending $144M of her own fortune.

The most any candidate had ever self-funded in U.S. history at the time.

But money wasn’t enough.

She lost to Jerry Brown.

After leaving HP, Whitman made another surprising move.

Launching Quibi, a short-form video platform designed for mobile-first storytelling.

With $1.75B in funding, the startup had Hollywood’s biggest names behind it, but the execution flopped.

Just six months after launch, Quibi shut down, making it one of the biggest tech failures in recent history.

But Meg Whitman never stays down for long.

In 2022, President Joe Biden appointed her as the U.S. Ambassador to Kenya.

She spent two years navigating international relations, but following the 2024 election of Donald Trump, she resigned from her diplomatic post.

Love her or question her decisions, one thing is clear: Meg Whitman bets big, takes risks, and plays to win.