Former eBay CEO Devin Wenig has co-founded a company called Symbolic.ai, which is “building a platform and application to bring advanced AI capabilities to Enterprise Publishers and professional writers in news, research and communications.” Wenig left eBay in September of Read more
Salesforce has named former eBay CEO Devin Wenig to its Global Advisory Board to expand international growth. The board will provide strategic guidance and support the company’s growth into new markets, “deepening Salesforce’s role as a trusted digital advisor to Read more
Figures released on Monday reveal that the sudden departure of eBay CEO Devin Wenig in September 2019 proved costly for the company beyond his $57 million exit package that year. In 2020, eBay had two CEOs: an interim chief executive Read more
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman is joining the Board of Directors of General Motors Co. (GM) effective today. Whitman served as eBay CEO from 1998-2008 and was most recently President of Quibi. Also serving on the GM board: former eBay Read more
Activist investor Starboard Value LP made public its demands to eBay that it hire an outside candidate for its CEO position and add four new members to its Board of Directors. In a letter today to Thomas Tierney, eBay’s Chairman Read more
Repeat purchases of commodity goods are low-hanging fruit for retailers, but it’s not something eBay has made easy for its shoppers to do. eBay is rectifying that, and on Thursday, the company announced the availability of a “Buy Again” feature Read more
The abrupt departure of eBay CEO Devin Wenig last month apparently left its board of directors scrambling. They named an interim successor but without negotiating a compensation package. Over 2 weeks after naming Scott Schenkel interim CEO, eBay entered into Read more
If you’re having a paper-towel emergency, which online marketplace should you turn to? The topic came up last week and raises questions beyond the obvious ones like, who has a paper-towel emergency and under what circumstances? During his keynote address Read more
The current year is off to a great start, eBay CEO Devin Wenig told shareholders several times during a presentation at the company’s annual meeting this morning. He kept the focus away from eBay’s GMV growth rate and emphasized instead Read more
eBay CEO Devin Wenig tweeted today his views on the burden of online sales tax and tariffs on small businesses: “26 states have recently imposed significant internet sales taxes (with more to come), and consumers are now paying heavy tariffs Read more
