eBay COO plans to retire in August
Published May 2nd, 2006
eBay has announced that its Chief Operating Officer (COO), Maynard Webb, is planning to retire in August this year.
Webb joined eBay in 1999 as the President of the eBay Technologies segment and was promoted to the position of the company’s COO in June 2002. Webb is currently overlooking corporate operations and played a key role in the company’s growth and development. eBay’s President and CEO, Meg Whitman, said, “In his time at eBay, Maynard built a world-class operations group that managed our phenomenal growth.” The company said in a statement that it has no plans of filling the position. eBay has appointed Matt Carey, chief technology officer of eBay Marketplaces, and Scott Thompson, chief technology officer of PayPal, to jointly manage its corporate technology segment. Mike Jacobson, General Counsel, and Beth Axelrod, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, would report directly to the CEO.
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