John Donahoe Articles
Is Amazon’s Drone Delivery a ‘Long-Term Fantasy’?

Is Amazon’s Drone Delivery a ‘Long-Term Fantasy’?

By Josh Wolford December 10, 2013 | 3 Comments

Although Amazon claims that one day unmanned delivery drones will be “as normal as mail trucks,” one high-profile CEO isn’t really buying into it yet. eBay CEO John Donahoe is skeptical, and thinks that delivery drones are a “long-term fantasy.” …

eBay Financial Report Tops Forecasts
By · July 21, 2010 · 8 Comments

Believe it or not, this is a good – or even great – day to be an eBay shareholder.  Although Google and Yahoo’s stocks basically fell off cliffs following iffy earnings reports earlier this week, eBay managed to publish some positive numbers this afternoon and has seen its stock jump in after-hours trading as a result.

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eBay Hits Q3 Targets, Gives Iffy Guidance
By · October 22, 2009 · 4 Comments

eBay continued a trend started by Google and Yahoo in the sense that it beat analysts’ expectations while announcing its third quarter earnings this afternoon.  Unfortunately for the company, it broke with their tradition by issuing some rather weak predictions about the fourth quarter.

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eBay CEOs Slammed For Compensation Excess
By · September 30, 2009

eBay investors who are wondering where their money’s gone may be within their rights to hit up former CEO Meg Whitman and current chief exec John Donahoe for a few bucks.  This morning, Eric Jackson outlined some questionable compensation strategies that have seen both individuals take home a lot of money and also use a large amount for personal travel expenses.

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eBay’s Donahoe Prepared To Spin Off PayPal
By · September 24, 2009 · 4 Comments

Despite being on the job for less than six months, new-ish president and CEO of eBay John Donahoe certainly isn’t afraid to make changes.  Even as obstacle after obstacle pops up to interfere with the sale of Skype, Donahoe announced that he often considers parting with PayPal.

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eBay Announces Plans To Reduce Emissions
By · September 21, 2009 · 2 Comments

eBay has announced its first greenhouse gas emissions reduction target, saying its committed to reduce emissions 15 percent by 2012, over a 2008 baseline.

eBay said it will reach its goal through an ongoing commitment to energy efficiency and conservation along with its continuing investment in renewable energy. It will promote more sustainable behavior tied to travel and personal energy use among its 15,000 employees.

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eBay Gives Investors Positive Q1 Surprise
By · April 22, 2009 · 5 Comments

It looks like eBay’s managing the recession and its other problems better than most people expected it to.  The auction company issued its financial report on the first quarter of 2009 this afternoon, and although the numbers aren’t good compared to last year’s set, eBay did a solid job of beating analysts’ estimates. 

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eBay CEO Speaks, Says Done Apologizing for Skype
By · March 11, 2009 · 1 Comment

John DonahoeeBay held its 2009 Analyst Day today with CEO John Donahoe speaking on the company’s future. As anticipated, a great deal of focus was put on PayPal.

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eBay Users Give $36 Million To Nonprofits
By · January 15, 2009 · 4 Comments

eBay says its sellers and buyers gave a record $36 million to U.S. nonprofit organizations in 2008 via eBay Giving Works.

eBay Users Give $36 Million To Nonprofits
John Donahoe
eBay CEO

Giving Works allows people to donate to nearly 15,000 organizations in the country while on eBay. Donations were up almost 20 percent in 2008, with nearly 1.5 million people donating to a cause.

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eBay Cuts Staff, Buys Bill Me Later
By · October 6, 2008

eBay said today it is purchasing U.S. based online payments business Bill Me Later for approximately $820 million in cash and $125 million in outstanding options.

The company is also buying Denmark based online classified site dba.dk and vehicles site bilbasen.dk for $390 million in cash.

eBay May Sell Skype
By · April 18, 2008

Skype’s not doing too badly these days.  As it stands, though, Skype has little to do with eBay’s core business, and so it may get sold in the relatively near future.

eBay killing live auctions
By · April 16, 2008

Live Auctions have been part of eBay for 7 years, but the platform did not survive eBay’s assessment of what it needs to do to continue to build profitability.

eBay Announces Major Changes
By · January 29, 2008

"Significant," "sweeping," "fundamental" – these are the words eBay used to describe some coming changes.  And although we often ridicule press releases for blowing things out of proportion, eBay has been more accurate than usual.

Onlookers Wait For eBay’s Next Move
By · January 25, 2008

Meg Whitman has stepped down, and in our eyes, this makes it a good time for everyone else to step back.  We shouldn’t necessarily stay back; now’s just an opportune moment to consider all things eBay.

Official: eBay’s Whitman To Depart
By · January 23, 2008

Meg Whitman will wrap up ten years with eBay when she steps down as president and CEO on March 31st.