|
|
 | | | |
- close
- close
- close
- close
This excerpt taken from the EBAY DEF 14A filed Mar 19, 2009. NOMINEES
FOR ELECTION FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM EXPIRING AT OUR 2012 ANNUAL
MEETING
Marc
L. Andreessen
Marc L. Andreessen, age 37, has served as a director of
eBay since September 2008. Mr. Andreessen is a co-founder
and chairman of Ning Inc., an online platform for people to
create their own social networks founded in late 2004. From
September 1999 to July 2007, Mr. Andreessen co-founded and
served as the Chairman of the board of directors of Opsware,
Inc. (formerly known as Loudcloud Inc.). From March 1999 to
September 1999, Mr. Andreessen served as Chief Technology
Officer of America Online, Inc. From April 1994 to March 1999,
Mr. Andreessen was a co-founder of Netscape Communications
Corporation, a software company, serving in various positions,
including Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President
of Products. Mr. Andreessen also serves on the board of
directors of Facebook Inc., Stanford Hospital and Room to Read.
Mr. Andreessen holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
William
C. Ford, Jr.
William C. Ford, Jr., age 51, has served as a director
of eBay since July 2005. Mr. Ford has served as Executive
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company, a
company that manufactures and distributes automobiles, since
September 2006 and has served as Chairman of the Board of Ford
since January 1999. Mr. Ford also serves as Chairman of
Ford’s Finance Committee and as a member of Ford’s
Environmental and Public Policy Committee. From October 2001 to
September 2006, Mr. Ford was Ford’s Chief Executive
Officer. Mr. Ford has held a number of management positions
at Ford since 1979. Mr. Ford serves as Vice Chairman of The
Detroit Lions, Inc. and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The
Henry Ford. He is also a Vice Chairman of Detroit Renaissance.
Mr. Ford holds a B.A. degree from Princeton University and
a M.S. degree in management from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
Dawn
G. Lepore
Dawn G. Lepore, age 54, has served as a director of eBay
since December 1999. Ms. Lepore has served as Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of drugstore.com,
inc., a leading online provider of health, beauty, vision, and
pharmacy solutions, since October 2004. From August 2003 to
October 2004, Ms. Lepore served as Vice Chairman of
Technology, Active Trader, Operations, Business Strategy, and
Administration for the Charles Schwab Corporation and Charles
Schwab & Co, Inc., a financial holding company. Prior
to this appointment, she held various positions with the Charles
Schwab Corporation including: Vice Chairman of Technology,
Operations, Business Strategy, and Administration from May 2003
to August 2003; Vice Chairman of Technology, Operations, and
Administration from March 2002 to May 2003; Vice Chairman of
Technology and Administration from November 2001 to March 2002;
and Vice Chairman and Chief Information Officer from July 1999
to November 2001. Ms. Lepore also serves on the board of
directors of The New York Times Company. Ms. Lepore holds a
B.A. degree from Smith College.
Pierre
M. Omidyar
Pierre M. Omidyar, age 41, 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 and also served as its Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Financial Officer, and President from inception to February
1998, November 1997 and August 1996, respectively. Prior to
founding eBay, Mr. Omidyar was a developer services
engineer at General Magic, a mobile communications platform
company, from December 1994 to July 1996. Mr. Omidyar
co-founded Ink Development Corp. (later renamed eShop) in May
1991 and served as a software engineer there from May 1991 to
September 1994. Prior to co-founding Ink, Mr. Omidyar was a
developer for Claris, a subsidiary of Apple Inc., and for other
Macintosh-oriented software development companies.
Mr. Omidyar is currently co-founder and chairman of Omidyar
Network, a philanthropic investment firm committed to creating
opportunity for individuals to improve
Table of Contents
their lives. He serves on the Board of Trustees of Tufts
University, Omidyar-Tufts Microfinance Fund, the Santa Fe
Institute and the Punahou School, and as a director of Meetup,
Inc. Mr. Omidyar holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science
from Tufts University.
Richard
T. Schlosberg, III
Richard T. Schlosberg, III, age 64, has served as a
director of eBay since March 2004. From May 1999 to January
2004, Mr. Schlosberg served as President and Chief
Executive Officer of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, a
private family foundation. Prior to joining the foundation,
Mr. Schlosberg was Executive Vice President of The Times
Mirror Company and publisher and Chief Executive Officer of the
Los Angeles Times. Prior to that, he served in the same role at
the Denver Post. Mr. Schlosberg serves on the board of
directors of Edison International, and is also a member of the
USO World Board of Governors, a trustee of Pomona College and a
founding Director of the U.S. Air Force Academy Endowment.
Mr. Schlosberg is also Chairman of the Board of the Kaiser
Family Foundation. Mr. Schlosberg is a graduate of the
United States Air Force Academy and holds an M.B.A. degree from
the Harvard Business School.
|
| |||||||
