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investments</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sports_investments-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-IGC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#IGC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6.1</span> <span>IGC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-IGC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-FC_Cincinnati" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#FC_Cincinnati"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6.2</span> <span>FC Cincinnati</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-FC_Cincinnati-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Biden_administration" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Biden_administration"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Biden administration</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Biden_administration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Philanthropy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Philanthropy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Philanthropy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Philanthropy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Political_career" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Political_career"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Political career</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Political_career-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Political career subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Political_career-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Presidential_endorsements_and_fundraising" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Presidential_endorsements_and_fundraising"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Presidential endorsements and fundraising</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Presidential_endorsements_and_fundraising-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2010_gubernatorial_campaign" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2010_gubernatorial_campaign"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>2010 gubernatorial campaign</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2010_gubernatorial_campaign-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Voting_record" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Voting_record"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1</span> <span>Voting record</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Voting_record-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> 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class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman" title="Meg Whitman – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Meg Whitman" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marqaret_Vitmen" title="Marqaret Vitmen – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Marqaret Vitmen" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8" title="মার্গারেট হুইটম্যান – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মার্গারেট হুইটম্যান" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman" title="Meg Whitman – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Meg Whitman" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman" title="Meg Whitman – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Meg Whitman" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman" title="Meg Whitman – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Meg Whitman" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%BA_%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD" title="Μεγκ Γουίτμαν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μεγκ Γουίτμαν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman" title="Meg Whitman – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Meg Whitman" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DA%AF_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%86" title="مگ ویتمن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مگ ویتمن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman" title="Meg Whitman – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Meg Whitman" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%94%EA%B7%B8_%ED%9C%98%ED%8A%B8%EB%A8%BC" title="메그 휘트먼 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="메그 휘트먼" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A3%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%A9_%D5%88%D6%82%D5%AB%D5%A9%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%B6" title="Մարգարեթ Ուիթմեն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մարգարեթ Ուիթմեն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman" title="Meg Whitman – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Meg Whitman" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman" title="Meg Whitman – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Meg Whitman" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%92_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%98%D7%9E%D7%9F" title="מג ויטמן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מג ויטמן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D" title="ಮೆಗ್ ವಿಟ್ಮನ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಮೆಗ್ ವಿಟ್ಮನ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman" title="Meg Whitman – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Meg Whitman" 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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American business executive and diplomat (born 1956)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive 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width="220" height="276" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Meg_Whitman%2C_U.S._Ambassador.jpg/330px-Meg_Whitman%2C_U.S._Ambassador.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Meg_Whitman%2C_U.S._Ambassador.jpg/440px-Meg_Whitman%2C_U.S._Ambassador.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1572" data-file-height="1972" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Whitman in 2022</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Kenya">United States Ambassador to Kenya</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />August 5, 2022 – November 13, 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_appointed_by_Joe_Biden" title="List of ambassadors appointed by Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kyle_McCarter" title="Kyle McCarter">Kyle McCarter</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">TBD</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Margaret Cushing Whitman</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1956-08-04</span>) </span>August 4, 1956<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 68)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Huntington,_New_York" title="Huntington, New York">Huntington, New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Griffith_R._Harsh" title="Griffith R. Harsh">Griffith R. Harsh</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;">​</div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1980)<wbr />​</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data">Father:Hendricks Hallett Whitman Jr</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">AB</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">MBA</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Margaret Cushing Whitman</b> (born August 4, 1956) is an American business executive, diplomat, and politician who served as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_States_to_Kenya" title="List of ambassadors of the United States to Kenya">United States ambassador to Kenya</a> since 2022 until her resignation on November 13, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whitman was president and <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">chief executive officer</a> (CEO) of <a href="/wiki/EBay" title="EBay">eBay</a> from 1998 to 2008. Afterwards, she became president and CEO of <a href="/wiki/Hewlett_Packard_Enterprise" title="Hewlett Packard Enterprise">Hewlett Packard Enterprise</a> from 2011 to 2015, during the company's major split. She then served as the CEO of <a href="/wiki/Quibi" title="Quibi">Quibi</a> from its launch in 2018 until its closure in 2020. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>, she ran for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_California" title="Governor of California">governor of California</a> but was defeated by former governor <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Brown" title="Jerry Brown">Jerry Brown</a> in California's <a href="/wiki/2010_California_gubernatorial_election" title="2010 California gubernatorial election">2010 gubernatorial election</a>. Whitman was a senior presidential campaign official for Republican <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> in both 2008 and 2012, although she supported Democrats <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016 presidential election</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 presidential election</a>, respectively. </p><p>Whitman was an executive at <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">The Walt Disney Company</a>, where she was vice president of Strategic Planning throughout the 1980s. In the 1990s, she was an executive for <a href="/wiki/DreamWorks_Pictures" title="DreamWorks Pictures">DreamWorks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Procter_%26_Gamble" title="Procter & Gamble">Procter & Gamble</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hasbro" title="Hasbro">Hasbro</a>. During Whitman's 10 years with eBay, she oversaw its expansion from 30 employees and $4 million in annual revenue, to more than 15,000 employees and $8 billion in annual revenue. In 2014, Whitman was named 20th in <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i> List of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the World.<sup id="cite_ref-Forbes14_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forbes14-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, Whitman was cited by <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> as among the women most likely to become the first female president of the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Zernike2008_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zernike2008-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She ran for governor of California in 2010, winning the Republican primary. The fifth-wealthiest woman in California with a net worth of $1.3 billion in 2010,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> she spent, at the time, more of her own money on a single election than any other political candidate in American history.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The $144 million of her own fortune she used for the race (the campaign spent $178.5 million in total, including money from donors)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was surpassed only by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg" title="Michael Bloomberg">Michael Bloomberg</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 presidential election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whitman was defeated by Democratic former Governor Jerry Brown in the 2010 California gubernatorial election, 54% to 41%.<sup id="cite_ref-MegLoses_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MegLoses-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2021, Whitman was nominated by <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> to serve as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Kenya">United States Ambassador to Kenya</a>. She was confirmed in July 2022 and took office the following month. In November 2024, she presented her resignation as US Ambassador to Kenya.<sup id="cite_ref-Resignation2024_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Resignation2024-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whitman was born in <a href="/wiki/Cold_Spring_Harbor,_New_York" title="Cold Spring Harbor, New York">Cold Spring Harbor, New York</a>, the daughter of Margaret Cushing (née Goodhue) and Hendricks Hallett Whitman Jr.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her patrilineal great-great-great-grandfather, <a href="/wiki/Elnathan_Whitman" title="Elnathan Whitman">Elnathan Whitman</a>, was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia_House_of_Assembly" title="Nova Scotia House of Assembly">Nova Scotia House of Assembly</a>. Through her father, Whitman is also a great-great-granddaughter of U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Charles_B._Farwell" title="Charles B. Farwell">Charles B. Farwell</a>, of Illinois.<sup id="cite_ref-frps1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-frps1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On her mother's side, she is a great-granddaughter of historian and jurist <a href="/wiki/Munroe_Smith" title="Munroe Smith">Munroe Smith</a> and a great-great-granddaughter of General <a href="/wiki/Henry_S._Huidekoper" title="Henry S. Huidekoper">Henry S. Huidekoper</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-frps1_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-frps1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her paternal grandmother, born Adelaide Chatfield-Taylor, was the daughter of writer <a href="/wiki/Hobart_Chatfield-Taylor" title="Hobart Chatfield-Taylor">Hobart Chatfield-Taylor</a> and his wife, <a href="/wiki/Rose_Farwell_Chatfield-Taylor" title="Rose Farwell Chatfield-Taylor">Rose Farwell Chatfield-Taylor</a>, and the sister of economist <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Chatfield-Taylor" title="Wayne Chatfield-Taylor">Wayne Chatfield-Taylor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-frps1_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-frps1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Whitman attended <a href="/wiki/Cold_Spring_Harbor_Jr./Sr._High_School" title="Cold Spring Harbor Jr./Sr. High School">Cold Spring Harbor High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cold_Spring_Harbor,_New_York" title="Cold Spring Harbor, New York">Cold Spring Harbor, New York</a>, graduating after three years in 1974. In her memoirs, she says she was in the top 10 of her class.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She wanted to be a doctor, so she studied math and science at <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, after spending a summer selling advertisements for the magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Business_Today_(student_magazine)" title="Business Today (student magazine)">Business Today</a></i>, she changed over to the study of <a href="/wiki/Economics" title="Economics">economics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She graduated with an A.B. in economics with honors from Princeton University in 1977 after completing an 83-page-long senior thesis titled "The Marketing of American Consumer Products in <a href="/wiki/Western_Europe" title="Western Europe">Western Europe</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whitman then obtained an <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">M.B.A.</a> from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Business_School" title="Harvard Business School">Harvard Business School</a> in 1979. </p><p>Whitman is married to <a href="/wiki/Griffith_R._Harsh" title="Griffith R. Harsh">Griffith Harsh IV</a>, Chair of Neurosurgery at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Davis" title="University of California, Davis">University of California, Davis</a>, previously at <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University_Medical_Center" title="Stanford University Medical Center">Stanford University Medical Center</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have two sons, Griffith Harsh V and William Harsh, both of whom had college careers marred by violent behavior.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whitman has lived in <a href="/wiki/Atherton,_California" title="Atherton, California">Atherton, California</a>, since March 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Whitman_College,_Princeton_University" title="Whitman College, Princeton University">Whitman College</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Residential_college" title="Residential college">residential college</a> completed in 2007 at Princeton University, was named for Meg Whitman following her $30 million donation.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_work">Early work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whitman began her career in 1979 as a brand manager at <a href="/wiki/Procter_%26_Gamble" title="Procter & Gamble">Procter & Gamble</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>, Ohio. Whitman later moved on to work as a consultant at <a href="/wiki/Bain_%26_Company" title="Bain & Company">Bain & Company</a>. She rose through the ranks to achieve the position of senior vice president.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Whitman became vice president of strategic planning at <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">the Walt Disney Company</a> in 1989. Two years later, she joined the <a href="/wiki/Stride_Rite_Corporation" title="Stride Rite Corporation">Stride Rite Corporation</a> before becoming president and CEO of <a href="/wiki/Florists%27_Transworld_Delivery" title="Florists' Transworld Delivery">Florists' Transworld Delivery</a> in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As <a href="/wiki/Hasbro" title="Hasbro">Hasbro</a>'s Playskool Division general manager, starting in January 1997, she oversaw global management and marketing of two children's brands, <a href="/wiki/Playskool" title="Playskool">Playskool</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mr._Potato_Head" title="Mr. Potato Head">Mr. Potato Head</a>. She also imported the UK's children's television show <a href="/wiki/Teletubbies" title="Teletubbies">Teletubbies</a> into the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-aware_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aware-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="eBay">eBay</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: eBay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meg_Whitman_at_eBay_Live_2005-01-13.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Meg_Whitman_at_eBay_Live_2005-01-13.jpg/220px-Meg_Whitman_at_eBay_Live_2005-01-13.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Meg_Whitman_at_eBay_Live_2005-01-13.jpg/330px-Meg_Whitman_at_eBay_Live_2005-01-13.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Meg_Whitman_at_eBay_Live_2005-01-13.jpg/440px-Meg_Whitman_at_eBay_Live_2005-01-13.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1022" data-file-height="1317" /></a><figcaption>Whitman speaking at eBay Live, 2005.</figcaption></figure> <p>Whitman joined eBay in March 1998, when it had 30 employees and annual revenues of approximately $4 million.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite initially not wanting to take on the role, during her time as CEO, through 2008, the company grew to approximately 15,000 employees and $8 billion in annual revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally, when Whitman joined eBay, she found the website as a simple black and white webpage using the <a href="/wiki/Courier_(typeface)" title="Courier (typeface)">Courier typeface</a>. On her first day, the site crashed for eight hours.<sup id="cite_ref-arc_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arc-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She believed the site to be confusing and began by building a new executive team.<sup id="cite_ref-aware_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aware-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whitman organized the company by splitting it into 23 business categories. She then assigned executives to each, including some 35,000 subcategories.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2002, soon after its <a href="/wiki/Initial_public_offering" title="Initial public offering">initial public offering</a>, <a href="/wiki/PayPal" title="PayPal">PayPal</a> became a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay valued at $1.5 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2004, Whitman made several key changes in her management team. <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jordan_(venture_capitalist)" title="Jeff Jordan (venture capitalist)">Jeff Jordan</a> took over PayPal, Matt Bannick took over international operations, and Bill Cobb took over U.S. operations,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which has the colorful U.S. logo, while each international site has unique branding.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Whitman picked John J. Donahoe for eBay in March 2005<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as president of eBay Marketplaces, responsible for all elements of eBay's global ecommerce businesses. </p><p>During Whitman's tenure as CEO, eBay completed the purchase of <a href="/wiki/Skype" title="Skype">Skype</a> for $4.1B in cash and stock in September 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> eBay later admitted that it had overpaid and, in 2009, eBay sold Skype to a group of investors led by <a href="/wiki/Silver_Lake_Partners" class="mw-redirect" title="Silver Lake Partners">Silver Lake Partners</a> at a valuation of $2.75B.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CNET_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNET-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, after the first papers were filed for a possible IPO, Microsoft purchased Skype for US$8.5B.<sup id="cite_ref-CNET_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNET-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2007, while preparing for an interview with <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a>, Whitman allegedly shoved her subordinate, communications employee Young Mi Kim. Of the incident, Whitman related, "In any high-pressure working environment, tensions can surface." Kim also stated, "Yes, we had an unfortunate incident, but we resolved it in a way that speaks well for her and for eBay." The matter was resolved after a $200,000 settlement.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Whitman resigned as CEO of eBay in November 2007, but remained on the board and served as an advisor to new CEO <a href="/wiki/John_Donahoe" title="John Donahoe">John Donahoe</a> until late 2008. She was inducted into the U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2008. "I've said for some time that 10 years is roughly the right time to stay at the helm at a company like ours", she said in an interview with the <i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></i>, adding that "it's time for new leadership, a new perspective and a new vision."<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Whitman has received numerous awards and accolades for her work at eBay. On more than one occasion, she was named among the top five most powerful women by <i><a href="/wiki/Fortune_(magazine)" title="Fortune (magazine)">Fortune</a></i> magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Harvard_Business_Review" title="Harvard Business Review">Harvard Business Review</a></i> named her the eighth-best-performing CEO of the past decade<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a></i> named her as one of the 50 faces that shaped the decade.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hewlett-Packard">Hewlett-Packard</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Hewlett-Packard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Megwhitmanheadshot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Megwhitmanheadshot.jpg/220px-Megwhitmanheadshot.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Megwhitmanheadshot.jpg/330px-Megwhitmanheadshot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Megwhitmanheadshot.jpg/440px-Megwhitmanheadshot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1936" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Whitman speaking at a conference in 2009.</figcaption></figure> <p>In January 2011, Whitman joined Hewlett-Packard's (HP) board of directors.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was named CEO on September 22, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-HPnamesWhitman_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HPnamesWhitman-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As well as renewing focus on HP's Research & Development division, Whitman's major decision during her first year as CEO was to retain and recommit the firm to the <a href="/wiki/Personal_computer" title="Personal computer">PC</a> business that her predecessor announced he was considering discarding.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, Whitman announced that HP would write down $8.8 billion of the value of Autonomy, the British software company it had purchased the previous year. The announcement eventually led to a civil case in the UK in 2019 at which Whitman testified to having not carried out "proper calculations of the write-down."<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2013, <a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_L.P." title="Bloomberg L.P.">Bloomberg L.P.</a> named Whitman "Most Underachieving CEO" – along with <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a>'s CEO <a href="/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook">Tim Cook</a> (ranked 12th) and <a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Rometty" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Rometty">Virginia Rometty</a> (ranked 10th) – whose stocks had all turned in the worst numbers relative to the broader market since the beginning of each CEO's tenure. HP's stock led the list by underperforming by 30.7 percentage points since Whitman took the job.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 26, 2017, Whitman stepped down as chair of HP Inc.'s board of directors, while remaining as CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whitman fought off further rumours around her position at HPE, where she was quoted by <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> "So let me make this as clear as I can. I am fully committed to HPE and plan to remain the company's C.E.O. We have a lot of work still to do at HPE and I am not going anywhere" <sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 21, 2017, it was announced Whitman was stepping down as the CEO of HPE, effective February 1, 2018, with HPE president <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Neri_(businessman)" title="Antonio Neri (businessman)">Antonio Neri</a> taking over as CEO.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Quibi">Quibi</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Quibi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whitman was CEO of Quibi, a short-form media content app designed for smartphones. In September 2020, just 5 months after its launch, Quibi was considering sale or acquisition with a valuation of $500 million,<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> despite its $1.75 billion initial investment,<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> having failed to meet subscriber targets.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coverage and analysis has blamed this failure on the concept itself,<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and failures of leadership from Whitman due to her lack of “experience in the industry of the company she is running.<sup id="cite_ref-techspective.net_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-techspective.net-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>” The failure of the app was predicted by many in the Silicon Valley tech ecosystem, with one critic, <a href="/wiki/Rob_Enderle" title="Rob Enderle">Rob Enderle</a> listing this as the most recent in Whitman's “repetitive failures” due to her “inability to take responsibility for mistakes, an inability to support subordinates, a focus on shifting blame, and a lack of subject matter expertise.”<sup id="cite_ref-techspective.net_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-techspective.net-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boards">Boards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Boards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whitman also served on the board of directors of the eBay Foundation, Summit Public Schools, Procter & Gamble and <a href="/wiki/DreamWorks_SKG" class="mw-redirect" title="DreamWorks SKG">DreamWorks SKG</a>, until early 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was appointed to the board of <a href="/wiki/Goldman_Sachs" title="Goldman Sachs">Goldman Sachs</a> in October 2001 and then resigned in December 2002, amidst controversy that she had received shares in several <a href="/wiki/Public_offerings" class="mw-redirect" title="Public offerings">public offerings</a> managed by Goldman Sachs, although she denied any wrongdoing.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lance_Williams_and_Carla_Marinucci_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lance_Williams_and_Carla_Marinucci-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (see <a href="#Ties_to_Goldman_Sachs">Ties to Goldman Sachs</a> for further detail). In March 2011, she was appointed to a part-time special adviser at venture capital firm <a href="/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins" title="Kleiner Perkins">Kleiner Perkins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She has also joined the boards of <a href="/wiki/Zipcar" title="Zipcar">Zipcar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Teach_for_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Teach for America">Teach for America</a>, and re-joined the board of Procter & Gamble.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whitman has also been a member of the board at <a href="/wiki/SurveyMonkey" title="SurveyMonkey">SurveyMonkey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports_investments">Sports investments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sports investments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="IGC">IGC</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: IGC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2018, Meg Whitman invested in and joined the board of the <a href="/wiki/Esports" title="Esports">eSports</a> organization <a href="/wiki/Immortals_(eSports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Immortals (eSports)">Immortals Gaming Club</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="FC_Cincinnati">FC Cincinnati</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: FC Cincinnati"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 2019, Meg Whitman purchased a minority stake in <a href="/wiki/FC_Cincinnati" title="FC Cincinnati">FC Cincinnati</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whitman will serve as the club's Alternate Governor on the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">MLS</a> Board of Governors. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Biden_administration">Biden administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Biden administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20221031-OSEC-OC-0002_(52468767780).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/20221031-OSEC-OC-0002_%2852468767780%29.jpg/220px-20221031-OSEC-OC-0002_%2852468767780%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/20221031-OSEC-OC-0002_%2852468767780%29.jpg/330px-20221031-OSEC-OC-0002_%2852468767780%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/20221031-OSEC-OC-0002_%2852468767780%29.jpg/440px-20221031-OSEC-OC-0002_%2852468767780%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="3333" /></a><figcaption>Whitman speaking with Agriculture Deputy Secretary <a href="/wiki/Jewel_H._Bronaugh" title="Jewel H. Bronaugh">Jewel H. Bronaugh</a> in 2022.</figcaption></figure> <p>On December 8, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Whitman to serve as United States ambassador to Kenya.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hearings on her nomination were held before the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relations" title="United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations">Senate's Foreign Relations Committee</a> on May 24, 2022. The committee favorably reported her nomination on June 9, 2022. On July 14, 2022, her nomination was confirmed in the Senate by <a href="/wiki/Voice_vote" title="Voice vote">voice vote</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She presented her credentials to President <a href="/wiki/Uhuru_Kenyatta" title="Uhuru Kenyatta">Uhuru Kenyatta</a> on August 5, 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2024, following the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_elections" title="2024 United States elections">election of Donald Trump</a>, Whitman presented her resignation as US Ambassador to Kenya.<sup id="cite_ref-Resignation2024_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Resignation2024-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Philanthropy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Griffith_R._Harsh_IV_and_Margaret_C_Whitman_Charitable_Foundation" title="Griffith R. Harsh IV and Margaret C Whitman Charitable Foundation">Griffith R. Harsh IV and Margaret C Whitman Charitable Foundation</a></div> <p>Whitman founded a charitable foundation with husband Harsh on December 21, 2006, by donating to it 300,000 shares of eBay stock worth $9.4 million.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of its first year of operation, the Griffith R. Harsh IV and Margaret C Whitman Charitable Foundation had $46 million in assets and has disbursed $125,000 to charitable causes. Most of the money disbursed went to the <a href="/wiki/Environmental_Defense_Fund" title="Environmental Defense Fund">Environmental Defense Fund</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, <a href="/wiki/Warren_Buffett" title="Warren Buffett">Warren Buffett</a> asked Whitman to join the <a href="/wiki/Giving_Pledge" class="mw-redirect" title="Giving Pledge">Giving Pledge</a> in which billionaires would commit to donating half of their money to charity, and Whitman declined.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, the foundation donated $2.5 million to <a href="/wiki/Summit_Public_Schools_(Charter_school_operator)" title="Summit Public Schools (Charter school operator)">Summit Public Schools</a>, which operates several <a href="/wiki/Charter_schools_in_the_United_States" title="Charter schools in the United States">charter schools</a> in the San Jose area.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2020, Meg Whitman is the national board chair of Teach for America.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidential_endorsements_and_fundraising">Presidential endorsements and fundraising</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Presidential endorsements and fundraising"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mitt_Romney_%26_Meg_Whitman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Mitt_Romney_%26_Meg_Whitman.jpg/220px-Mitt_Romney_%26_Meg_Whitman.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Mitt_Romney_%26_Meg_Whitman.jpg/330px-Mitt_Romney_%26_Meg_Whitman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Mitt_Romney_%26_Meg_Whitman.jpg/440px-Mitt_Romney_%26_Meg_Whitman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2542" data-file-height="1970" /></a><figcaption>Whitman with then-governor <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> in 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>Whitman was a supporter of the <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Mitt Romney 2008 presidential campaign">Mitt Romney 2008 presidential campaign</a><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was a member of his national finance team.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was also listed as finance co-chair of Romney's exploratory committee.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Romney stepped out of the race and endorsed <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a>, Whitman joined McCain's presidential campaign as a national co-chair.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain mentioned Whitman as a possible <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Secretary of the Treasury">secretary of the treasury</a> during the <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_debates,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="United States presidential debates, 2008">second presidential debate</a> in 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but lost the election to <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>. </p><p>During the 2012 Republican primaries, Whitman endorsed Mitt Romney,<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who praised her.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whitman's name was mentioned as a possible cabinet member in a Romney administration<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before he lost to Obama. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_primaries,_2016" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016">2016 Republican primaries</a>, Whitman was finance co-chair of the <a href="/wiki/Chris_Christie_2016_presidential_campaign" title="Chris Christie 2016 presidential campaign">Chris Christie 2016 presidential campaign</a>. After Christie withdrew from the race and subsequently endorsed <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>, Whitman criticized it as "an astonishing display of political opportunism" and called on other Christie donors to reject Trump,<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whom she compared to <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">Benito Mussolini</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August, Whitman endorsed the <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_2016_presidential_campaign" title="Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign">Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign</a>, stating that to vote for Trump "out of party loyalty alone would be to endorse a candidacy that I believe has exploited anger, grievance, xenophobia and racial division". Acknowledging policy differences with Clinton, Whitman nonetheless praised her "temperament, global experience and commitment to America's bedrock national values".<sup id="cite_ref-hrc_endorse_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hrc_endorse-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-voteandendorse_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-voteandendorse-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She called on all Republicans "to put country first before party"<sup id="cite_ref-hrc_endorse_98-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hrc_endorse-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and added that she would support the campaign financially.<sup id="cite_ref-hrc_endorse_98-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hrc_endorse-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-voteandendorse_99-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-voteandendorse-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Whitman spoke at the <a href="/wiki/2020_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2020 Democratic National Convention">2020 Democratic National Convention</a> in support of the party's presidential nominee Joe Biden.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_gubernatorial_campaign">2010 gubernatorial campaign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2010 gubernatorial campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2010_California_gubernatorial_election" title="2010 California gubernatorial election">2010 California gubernatorial election</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meg_Whitman_2010_Sign.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Meg_Whitman_2010_Sign.jpg/220px-Meg_Whitman_2010_Sign.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Meg_Whitman_2010_Sign.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="292" data-file-height="172" /></a><figcaption>Whitman's campaign sign for Governor of California</figcaption></figure> <p>On February 10, 2009, Whitman announced she would run for governor of California in the 2010 election.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 8, 2010, Whitman won the Republican primary, becoming the first female to run on the Republican ticket and the third female overall to run for Governor of California after <a href="/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein" title="Dianne Feinstein">Dianne Feinstein</a> in <a href="/wiki/1990_California_gubernatorial_election" title="1990 California gubernatorial election">1990</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Brown" title="Kathleen Brown">Kathleen Brown</a> in <a href="/wiki/1994_California_gubernatorial_election" title="1994 California gubernatorial election">1994</a>. Her campaign was largely self-funded. She ultimately lost to <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Brown" title="Jerry Brown">Jerry Brown</a>. </p><p>According to final reports, Whitman spent $144 million from her own personal funds.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2010, this was more than any other self-funded political candidate in U.S. history.<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost1_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2010, Whitman released a political ad, "A Lifetime in Politics A Legacy of Failure",<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which seemingly contained one image of the <a href="/wiki/Fail_blog" class="mw-redirect" title="Fail blog">FAIL Blog</a> website, making it appear in the ad as if Jerry Brown had been the subject of one of the website's namesake "fails".<sup id="cite_ref-New_York_News_&_Features_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_York_News_&_Features-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ben Huh, founder of the <a href="/wiki/Cheezburger_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheezburger Network">Cheezburger Network</a>, of which failblog.org is a part, demanded an apology and the removal of the video, stating that the image was faked, and that the website is non-partisan and has never endorsed a particular political candidate or party.<sup id="cite_ref-Honesty_Fail._106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Honesty_Fail.-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 2, 2010, at 11:35 pm, Whitman conceded the election to Brown, stating, "We've come up a little short."<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Voting_record">Voting record</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Voting record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2010, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sacramento_Bee" title="The Sacramento Bee">The Sacramento Bee</a></i> reported that Whitman did not vote for 28 years, after reviewing her voting records in California.<sup id="cite_ref-nydn_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nydn-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whitman has described her voting record as "inexcusable", apologized for it,<sup id="cite_ref-nydn_108-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nydn-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and stated that she is happy to discuss the matter.<sup id="cite_ref-Cillizza200910_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cillizza200910-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whitman answered questions about her record in September, replying, "And I think the reason is, is for many years, I wasn't as engaged in the political process and should have been."<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Housekeeper_controversy">Housekeeper controversy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Housekeeper controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 2010, Nicky Diaz Santillan revealed that she was employed in the Whitman household as a housekeeper and nanny from 2000 to 2009 despite her status as an illegal worker.<sup id="cite_ref-carla_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carla-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-siskind_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-siskind-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whitman's campaign released documents which she said Santillan provided prior to her employment including a driver's license, social security ID, and application.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Santillan said Whitman knew she was undocumented, producing a 2003 letter from the Social Security Administration stating that her Social Security number did not match her name. Whitman initially stated that they "never received those letters",<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, after a hand-written note on the document was shown, believed to be from Whitman's husband, they acknowledged they may have received it, but forgot.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Santillan's attorney, <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Allred" title="Gloria Allred">Gloria Allred</a>, states that Santillan was fired for the sake of the campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whitman's campaign maintained that this was a political attack, stating that Allred is a <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Brown" title="Jerry Brown">Jerry Brown</a> supporter.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown, Allred and Santillan all denied this.<sup id="cite_ref-skelton_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-skelton-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Crystal Williams, director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, stated, "Not only is accepting the documents all the law required [Whitman] to do, but there's a counterbalancing anti-discrimination law that keeps her from probing further or demanding different documents."<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Others disagreed; immigration lawyer Greg Siskind stated Whitman was the employer, and the documents by law needed to be signed by her but were not, nor did they have a Social Security number on them. The <i>Fort Worth Star-Telegram</i> noted that Whitman "hired her, paid her and had direct contact with her for nine years", so should have known her legal status.<sup id="cite_ref-siskind_112-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-siskind-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> noted that Latino voters were more likely interested that Whitman treated Santillan "like a piece of garbage" when the maid asked for help finding an immigration attorney, and Whitman allegedly stated "you don't know me and I don't know you".<sup id="cite_ref-skelton_120-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-skelton-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ties_to_Goldman_Sachs">Ties to Goldman Sachs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Ties to Goldman Sachs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Goldman_Sachs" title="Goldman Sachs">Goldman Sachs</a>, whose executives donated $100,000 to the Whitman campaign, manages a part of Whitman's fortune. As CEO of eBay, Whitman earned approximately $1.78 million resulting from a practice known as <a href="/wiki/Spinning_(IPO)" title="Spinning (IPO)">spinning</a> whereby executives who did business with Goldman Sachs could reap profits by getting early deals before the public on hot <a href="/wiki/Initial_public_offering" title="Initial public offering">IPOs</a> offered by the bank. Whitman later resigned from the Goldman Sachs board after some expressed concern over her receiving shares from Goldman Sachs. In commenting on Whitman's resignation from the Goldman Sachs board, eBay spokesman Henry Gomez told <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> at the time that, "If we wanted to use Goldman's services, she doesn't want there to be even the slightest perception of any conflict. She's doing this because she thinks quite highly of the firm."<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Whitman was on Goldman Sachs' board, she served on the compensation committee, which approved multimillion-dollar bonus packages for then-CEO <a href="/wiki/Henry_Paulson" title="Henry Paulson">Henry Paulson</a> and his top aides. Public domain documents reveal that Whitman has a multimillion-dollar stake in 21 investment funds managed by Goldman Sachs.<sup id="cite_ref-Lance_Williams_and_Carla_Marinucci_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lance_Williams_and_Carla_Marinucci-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Given Goldman Sachs' major investments in California state finances, all these ties to Goldman Sachs led to considerable controversy during the gubernatorial campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-Lance_Williams_and_Carla_Marinucci_73-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lance_Williams_and_Carla_Marinucci-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, Whitman vowed to eliminate any potential conflicts of interest, and publicly stated that she would immediately sell her Goldman Sachs stock and put her Goldman Sachs-managed investments in a <a href="/wiki/Blind_trust" title="Blind trust">blind trust</a> if elected governor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_Ambassador_to_Kenya_Tenure">United States Ambassador to Kenya Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: United States Ambassador to Kenya Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2022 Whitman attracted criticism and public outcry from opposition figures in <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a> for perceived partisan political remarks claiming the <a href="/wiki/2022_Kenyan_general_election" title="2022 Kenyan general election">2022 election</a> was the freest and fairest in kenya's election history<sup id="cite_ref-twisted_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twisted-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> despite numerous reports of electoral malpractises in kenya.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><a href="/wiki/Raila_Odinga" title="Raila Odinga">Raila Odinga</a> described whitman as a rogue ambassador calling for her to shut up on political partisan comments while claiming that kenya is not a US <a href="/wiki/Colony" title="Colony">colony</a> to warrant her perceived political partisan activities.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Raila told the media he would demand her recall for her participation in partisan local politics.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With perceived political partisan positions, Whitman was repeatedly thought to support reported human rights abuses by the Ruto administration including a specific case where other <a href="/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world">western diplomats in Kenya</a> signed a statement admonishing abductions and killings during <a href="/wiki/Kenya_Finance_Bill_protests" title="Kenya Finance Bill protests">25th June 2024 Gen z protests</a> in Kenya which Whitman did not sign.<sup id="cite_ref-twisted_125-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twisted-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Whitman it was not appropriate for her to participate in the signing that included congratulatory messages as well as messages admonishing the extra judicial abductions and extra judicial killings by the Ruto administration.<sup id="cite_ref-twisted_125-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twisted-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2024 Whitman announced her resignation as ambassador following <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election" title="2024 United States presidential election">Trump's win</a>. Her resignation reportedly attracted celebrations from many including various kenyan politicians celebrating an end to a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat's ambassadorial tenure</a> perceived to be complicit in the numerous reported human rights abuses of the <a href="/wiki/William_Ruto" title="William Ruto">Ruto administration</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-twisted_125-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twisted-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Econround_(2525706918).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Econround_%282525706918%29.jpg/220px-Econround_%282525706918%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Econround_%282525706918%29.jpg/330px-Econround_%282525706918%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Econround_%282525706918%29.jpg/440px-Econround_%282525706918%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Whitman (far right) at a conference with <a href="/wiki/John_T._Chambers" title="John T. Chambers">John T. Chambers</a>, governor <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger" title="Arnold Schwarzenegger">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a>, and U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a> in 2008.</figcaption></figure> <p>While running for governor, Whitman emphasized three major areas: job creation, reduced state government spending, and reform of the state's K-12 educational system. She argued that it is best to start only a few things and finish them, instead of starting a lot of things and finishing few of them.<sup id="cite_ref-McLaughlin-20091116_134-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McLaughlin-20091116-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environment">Environment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Environment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whitman said that if elected, on her first day<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> she would have suspended AB 32, the <a href="/wiki/Global_Warming_Solutions_Act_of_2006" title="Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006">Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006</a>, for a year to study its potential economic implications.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AB 32 requires the state to cut <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions" title="Greenhouse gas emissions">greenhouse gas emissions</a> by 30 percent by 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-Young_137-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Young-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the state Republican Convention in March 2010, Whitman described California Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's climate change bill as a "job-killer".<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whitman opposed <a href="/wiki/California_Proposition_23_(2010)" class="mw-redirect" title="California Proposition 23 (2010)">Proposition 23</a>, which would delay the global warming law AB 32 until California's unemployment falls to 5.5 percent and stays there for a year, stating that the proposition did not reasonably balance the need to protect jobs with the need to preserve environment.<sup id="cite_ref-Young_137-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Young-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On water issues, Whitman opposed further restrictions on water supply in the <a href="/wiki/Central_Valley_(California)" title="Central Valley (California)">Central Valley</a>, and she suggested that President Obama should overturn a federal judge's ruling under provisions in the <a href="/wiki/Endangered_Species_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Endangered Species Act">Endangered Species Act</a> which reduced water supplies another 5% to 7%.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Illegal_immigration">Illegal immigration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Illegal immigration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whitman said that <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a>'s approach to illegal immigration with <a href="/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act">Arizona SB 1070</a> is wrong and that there are better ways to solve the problem.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She said that, if she had lived in California in 1994, she would have voted against <a href="/wiki/California_Proposition_187_(1994)" class="mw-redirect" title="California Proposition 187 (1994)">Proposition 187</a> concerning illegal immigrants.<sup id="cite_ref-Dibble_141-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dibble-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an op-ed during her gubernatorial campaign, Whitman wrote, "Clearly, when examining our positions on immigration, there is very little over which Jerry Brown and I disagree".<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She stated that illegal immigrant students should be prohibited from attending state-funded institutions of higher education.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes1_143-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes1-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-megwhitman.com_144-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-megwhitman.com-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Currently, California state law permits this.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, Whitman called for "a path to legalization" of illegal immigrants.<sup id="cite_ref-Dibble_141-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dibble-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2010 interview on television station <a href="/wiki/KTLA" title="KTLA">KTLA</a>, Whitman said, "I want to hold employers accountable for hiring only documented workers."<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marriage">Marriage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Marriage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 2010 California gubernatorial election, Whitman supported California's <a href="/wiki/California_Proposition_8_(2008)" class="mw-redirect" title="California Proposition 8 (2008)">Proposition 8</a>, which reversed <i><a href="/wiki/In_re_Marriage_Cases" title="In re Marriage Cases">In re Marriage Cases</a></i> and defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman in the state. Whitman also criticized Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and <a href="/wiki/California_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="California Attorney General">Attorney General</a> Jerry Brown for not defending Proposition 8 in the federal judicial system.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, on February 26, 2013, Whitman confirmed that she had reversed that opinion. Whitman stated, "At the time, I believed the people of California had weighed in on this question and that overturning the will of the people was the wrong approach," and "The facts and arguments presented during the legal process since then have had a profound impact on my thinking."<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whitman also believes that gay and lesbian couples should be permitted to adopt children.<sup id="cite_ref-Finnegan_149-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Finnegan-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abortion">Abortion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Abortion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whitman supports <a href="/wiki/Abortion_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Abortion rights">abortion rights</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marijuana">Marijuana</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Marijuana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whitman has said that the legalization of <a href="/wiki/Marijuana" class="mw-redirect" title="Marijuana">marijuana</a> is not what any law enforcement person would suggest for any reason and that "this is the worst idea [she has] ever seen."<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whitman does not support the <a href="/wiki/California_High-Speed_Rail" title="California High-Speed Rail">California High-Speed Rail</a> project. In a 2010 letter to the <i><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Bee" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento Bee">Sacramento Bee</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whitman's spokeswoman Sarah Pompei said, "Meg believes the state cannot afford the costs associated with high-speed rail due to our current fiscal crisis." Her opponent Jerry Brown was in favor of the project. </p><p>Whitman has made monetary donations to various candidates and <a href="/wiki/Political_action_committee" title="Political action committee">political action committees</a> (PAC). While these have gone to both Republicans and <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrats</a>, the donations are weighted to Republicans.<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though Whitman has contributed to a few Democrats, including Senator <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Boxer" title="Barbara Boxer">Barbara Boxer</a>; donating $4,000 to her campaign and serving on the "Friends of Boxer" committee in 2004, she donated more than $225,000 during the same period to Republicans, eBay's PAC and to Americans for a Republican Majority, the PAC of former Congressman <a href="/wiki/Tom_DeLay" title="Tom DeLay">Tom DeLay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2017, Whitman was the Commencement speaker for <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Mellon_University" title="Carnegie Mellon University">Carnegie Mellon University</a> and was awarded an honorary doctorate degree.<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_richest_American_politicians" title="List of richest American politicians">List of richest American politicians</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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San Francisco: Crown. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-307-59121-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-307-59121-0"><bdi>978-0-307-59121-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Power+of+Many&rft.place=San+Francisco&rft.pub=Crown&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-0-307-59121-0&rft.aulast=Whitman&rft.aufirst=Meg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeg+Whitman" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_Whitman&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output 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