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13 quotes from Meg Whitman — Former CEO of eBay (grew revenue from $4M to $8B), HP, and Quibi..

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“Do what you love and success will follow. Passion is the fuel behind a successful career.”

Passion

“When people use your brand name as a verb, that is remarkable.”

Branding

“If you have fun at your job, I think you're going to be more effective.”

Work

“Communications is at the heart of e-commerce and community.”

Communication

“The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of a mistake.”

Decision-Making

“Success happens when good people with good intentions cooperate and work together over a shared interest.”

— The Power of Many: Values for Success in Business and in LifeCollaboration

“We believe people are basically good. We recognize and respect everyone as a unique individual.”

— The Power of Many: Values for Success in Business and in LifeValues

“Guess what? The world changes. eBay has defined e-commerce.”

Innovation

“You cannot be embarrassed to ask a question about something. And by the way, the technologists will see what you're made of. They will try to ferret you out as a pretender.”

— Meg Whitman, Stanford GSB talk

“Well, I always felt that if I kept my head down and delivered, things would work out.”

— Meg Whitman, Fortune, 1999

“My advice, having done this a number of times, is to go into an organization and figure out what that company's doing right, and do more of it. You'll eventually get to your to-do list and to your fix-it list, but if you come in and just talk about what's going wrong, you will lose hearts and minds.”

— Meg Whitman, Stanford GSB, 2015

“We see almost everything differently. Our superpower is we are completely different.”

— Meg Whitman on Quibi, Fortune Brainstorm Tech, 2019

“I never dreamed I would be the ambassador to Kenya. I don't know. Maybe I'll retire. I've said that three times, and I've never done it.”

— Meg Whitman, Politico, 2024

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Meg Whitman

Former CEO of eBay (grew revenue from $4M to $8B), HP, and Quibi.