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eBay Inc. Names Boards of Directors for eBay and PayPal Following Separation
eBay (News - Alert) Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY), which is in the process of separating eBay and
PayPal to create two independent publicly traded companies, today
announced the directors who will serve on the boards of each standalone
company following the separation. Each director was re-elected to the
eBay Inc. Board at the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in May 2015.
As previously announced, the new eBay Board will be chaired by current
eBay Inc. director Thomas Tierney. Following the separation, the eBay
Board of Directors will consist of the following additional directors:
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Fred Anderson- Has served as a director of eBay since July
2003. Anderson has been a Managing Director of Elevation Partners, a
private equity firm focused on the media and entertainment industry,
since July 2004.
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Edward Barnholt- Has served as a director of eBay since
April 2005. Barnholt served as President and Chief Executive Officer
of Agilent (News - Alert) Technologies, Inc., a measurement company, from May 1999
until his retirement in March 2005.
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Anthony Bates- Has served as a director of eBay since March
2015. Bates has served as President of GoPro (News - Alert), Inc. since June 2014.
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Bonnie Hammer- Has served as a director of eBay since January
2015. Hammer has been Chairman of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment,
a division of NBCUniversal, since November 2010.
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Kathleen Mitic- Has served as a director of eBay since
September 2011. Mitic is the Founder and CEO of Sitch Inc. (formerly
Three Koi Labs Inc.), a mobile start-up company formed in August 2012.
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Pierre Omidyar- Founded eBay as a sole proprietorship in
September 1995. He has been a director and Chairman of the Board since
eBay's incorporation in May 1996. Omidyar is the Founding Partner and
Chairman of Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm committed
to creating opportunity for individuals to improve their lives, and
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Publisher of Civil Beat, an
online news service formed in 2010.
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Bob Swan- Current eBay Inc. Senior Vice President,
Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Swan has served in that role
since March 2006.
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Perry Traquina- Has served as a director of eBay since January
2015. Traquina served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and
Managing Partner of Wellington Management Company LLP, a global
investment management firm, for a decade until his retirement from the
firm in 2014.
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Devin Wenig- Serves as President and CEO-designee of eBay. He
joined eBay in September 2011 after more than 18 years at Thomson
Reuters.
Fred Anderson will serve as Chairman of the Audit Committee, Kathleen
Mitic will be Chairwoman of the Corporate Governance and Nominating
Committee, and Edward Barnholt will be Chairman of the Compensatio
Committee at eBay.
Current eBay Inc. President and CEO John Donahoe will serve as Chairman
of PayPal's (News - Alert) Board following the separation. Additional members of the
PayPal Board will include:
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Jonathan Christodoro- Has served as a director of eBay
since March 2015. Christodoro has served as Managing Director of Icahn
Capital LP since July 2012.
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Scott Cook- Has served as a director of eBay since June 1998.
Cook is the founder of Intuit (News - Alert) Inc., a maker of business and financial
management technology solutions, including QuickBooks, Quicken, and
TurboTax.
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David Dorman- Has served as a director of eBay since June 2014.
Dorman has been the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of CVS
Caremark Corporation, a pharmacy healthcare provider, since May 2011.
He is also a Founding Partner of Centerview Capital, a private
investment firm, since July 2013.
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Gail McGovern- Has served as a director of eBay since March
2015. McGovern has served as President and CEO of the American Red
Cross since June 2008.
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David Moffett- Has served as a director of eBay since July
2007. Moffett served as Chief Executive Officer of Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac), a government controlled and sponsored
mortgage company, from September 2008 until his retirement in March
2009.
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Pierre Omidyar- Founded eBay as a sole proprietorship in
September 1995. He has been a director and Chairman of the Board since
eBay's incorporation in May 1996. Omidyar is the Founding Partner and
Chairman of Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm committed
to creating opportunity for individuals to improve their lives, and
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Publisher of Civil Beat, an
online news service formed in 2010.
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Dan Schulman- Serves as President and CEO-designee of PayPal
since joining in September 2014. Schulman previously served as Group
President of Enterprise Growth at American Express.
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Frank Yeary- Has served as a director of eBay since January
2015. Yeary has served as Executive Chairman of CamberView Partners,
LLC since July 2012.
David Moffett will serve as Lead Independent Director and Chairman of
the Audit Committee, Gail McGovern will be Chairwoman of the Corporate
Governance and Nominating Committee, and David Dorman will be Chairman
of the Compensation Committee at PayPal.
"eBay Inc. has long benefitted from the strong stewardship of
world-class directors. As we position eBay and PayPal to compete in
their respective commerce and payments markets as standalone companies,
we have created two outstanding boards to support Devin and Dan and
their respective management teams. We are confident that we have the
right combination of skills and expertise on each board to ensure that
eBay and PayPal drive lasting value for the shareholders, customers and
employees of both companies," said John Donahoe.
Biographical information on eBay and PayPal's board members is available
on eBay Inc.'s website.
Information on PayPal's board is included in its amended Form 10, which
was filed earlier today with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
is available on http://investor.ebayinc.com/annuals.cfm.
PayPal's filing also contains additional details on PayPal's proposed
corporate governance and management structure and notes that the company
intends to list its common stock on The NASDAQ Stock Market under the
ticker symbol PYPL. Following the separation, eBay will continue to
trade on The NASDAQ Stock Market under its current ticker symbol EBAY.
The separation remains on-track to be completed in the third quarter of
2015.
About eBay Inc.
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) is a global commerce and payments leader,
providing a robust platform where merchants of all sizes can compete and
win. Founded in 1995 in San Jose, Calif., eBay Inc. connects millions of
buyers and sellers and enabled $255 billion of commerce volume in 2014.
We do so through eBay, one of the world's largest online marketplaces,
which allows users to buy and sell in nearly every country on earth;
through PayPal, which enables individuals and businesses to securely,
easily and quickly send and receive digital payments; and through eBay
Enterprise, which enables omnichannel commerce, multichannel retailing
and digital marketing for global enterprises in the U.S. and
internationally. We also reach millions through specialized marketplaces
such as StubHub, the world's largest ticket marketplace, and eBay
classifieds sites, which together have a presence in more than 1,000
cities around the world. For more information about the company and its
global portfolio of online brands, visit www.ebayinc.com.
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