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Meg Whitman Quotes

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

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

Passion

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

Branding

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

Work

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

Communication

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

Decision-Making

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

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

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

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

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

Innovation

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

Meg Whitman, Stanford GSB talk

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

Meg Whitman, Fortune, 1999

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

Meg Whitman, Stanford GSB, 2015

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

Meg Whitman on Quibi, Fortune Brainstorm Tech, 2019

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

Meg Whitman, Politico, 2024

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