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I never understood the fascination with Meg Whitman. The PayPal acquisition did not generate nearly as much value as it could and eBay is terrible, could have b
by rdlecler1 6y ago
I never understood the fascination with Meg Whitman. The PayPal acquisition did not generate nearly as much value as it could and eBay is terrible, could have been what Amazon is today. I see Meg as greatly benefitting from a rising tide, not great leadership. Maybe her lieutenants have a different take but this is what I see from the outside.
- johnvanommen 6y ago> I see Meg as greatly benefitting from a rising tide, not great leadership. Maybe her lieutenants have a different take but this is what I see from the outside. I worked at HPE, when Whitman was CEO. The impression I got, was that she's a bit of a wizard when it comes to finance. For instance, the organization that I was a part of, we lost a pile of money. But despite that, HPE was able to sell the org off to SuSE. IE, if Whitman wasn't a wizard, the entire venture may have been a 100% loss. But she was able to flip that organization to another buyer.
- rdlecler1 6y agoIMHO That does’t paint a picture of a tech leader and innovator — maybe a fantastic CFO.