That disappointing performance led eBay's new CEO John Donahoe to pursue a new direction.
Other prominent grads include General Electric head Jeffrey Immelt, eBay chief John Donahoe and former IBM boss Louis Gerstner.
And you can get through that wall like Ebay has under John Donahoe.
"Mobile continues to rewrite the commerce playbook, " eBay chief executive John Donahoe said.
"We had a strong fourth quarter finish to an excellent year, " eBay president John Donahoe said in a statement.
On Wednesday evening, John Donahoe, president and CEO of eBay, delivered the keynote address at the Leaders in Technology (LIT) dinner.
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Chief Executive John Donahoe last month also said the e-commerce heavyweight is exploring ways to integrate Bitcoin into its PayPal payments network.
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In an effort to remake the company into a cheap and cheesy Amazon clone, John Donahoe destroyed thousands of small sellers and their business.
Already counting for a little more than a third of sales, CEO John Donahoe believes Paypal will exceed their marketplace segment in short order.
"There is a high degree of economic uncertainty and turmoil in the business market and this is impacting consumer spending, " said John Donahoe, the firm's chief executive.
He also showed off his "technical skills" by describing complicated computer-programming matters when meeting with executives such as John Donahoe, eBay's chief executive, this person said.
John Donahoe, eBay's chief executive, said in a letter to PayPal employees that Mr. Thompson had informed him about his plans to leave for Yahoo on Tuesday afternoon.
"I hope you agree that imposing unnecessary tax burdens on small online businesses is a bad idea, " eBay president and CEO John Donahoe said in a letter to customers.
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