IndustryFormer eBay CEO Bids For California Governor Job

Former eBay CEO Bids For California Governor Job

Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay, has announced she will seek the Republican nomination for California governor. Whitman is know to be a social moderate but a fiscal conservative.

“California faces challenges unlike any other time in its history — a weak and faltering economy, massive job losses, and an exploding state budget deficit,” LA Times reported Whitman said in a written statement. “California is better than this, and I refuse to stand by and watch it fail.”

Interestingly, her site is taking donations for the campaign through PayPal – the online payment platform owned by eBay. I expect her opponents will be checking if she is getting a favored rate.

Former California Republican Governor Pete Wilson will be campaign chairman.

The Republican primary is shaping up to be a battle of the Silicon Valley giants, as her major competitors Steve Poizner – tech entrepeneur who sold his company to Qualcom for $1 billion and Tom Campbell, former Silicon Valley congressman.

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