https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/devin-wenig/ Ecommerce Industry News Fri, 15 Dec 2023 14:51:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/EB_site_icon-150x150.gif https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/devin-wenig/ 32 32 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/12/15/former-ebay-ceo-devin-wenig-launches-ai-firm-to-serve-journalists-and-researchers/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/12/15/former-ebay-ceo-devin-wenig-launches-ai-firm-to-serve-journalists-and-researchers/#comments Fri, 15 Dec 2023 14:49:42 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=230187 Former eBay CEO Devin Wenig has co-founded a company called Symbolic.ai, which is “building a platform and application to bring advanced AI capabilities to Enterprise Publishers and professional writers in news, research and communications.” Wenig left eBay in September of Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/12/15/former-ebay-ceo-devin-wenig-launches-ai-firm-to-serve-journalists-and-researchers/feed/ 2 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/06/24/former-ebay-ceo-devin-wenig-named-to-salesforce-advisory-board/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/06/24/former-ebay-ceo-devin-wenig-named-to-salesforce-advisory-board/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2021 13:18:39 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=18404 Salesforce has named former eBay CEO Devin Wenig to its Global Advisory Board to expand international growth. The board will provide strategic guidance and support the company’s growth into new markets, “deepening Salesforce’s role as a trusted digital advisor to Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/06/24/former-ebay-ceo-devin-wenig-named-to-salesforce-advisory-board/feed/ 5 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/04/26/ebay-ceos-received-77-9-million-in-2020/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/04/26/ebay-ceos-received-77-9-million-in-2020/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2021 20:35:35 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=18076 Figures released on Monday reveal that the sudden departure of eBay CEO Devin Wenig in September 2019 proved costly for the company beyond his $57 million exit package that year. In 2020, eBay had two CEOs: an interim chief executive Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/04/26/ebay-ceos-received-77-9-million-in-2020/feed/ 4 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/03/25/meg-whitman-joins-former-ebay-ceo-devin-wenig-on-gm-board/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/03/25/meg-whitman-joins-former-ebay-ceo-devin-wenig-on-gm-board/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:53:08 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=17903 Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman is joining the Board of Directors of General Motors Co. (GM) effective today. Whitman served as eBay CEO from 1998-2008 and was most recently President of Quibi. Also serving on the GM board: former eBay Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/03/25/meg-whitman-joins-former-ebay-ceo-devin-wenig-on-gm-board/feed/ 3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/03/19/ebay-pressured-to-fill-ceo-spot-and-add-four-to-board/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:18:53 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=15694 Activist investor Starboard Value LP made public its demands to eBay that it hire an outside candidate for its CEO position and add four new members to its Board of Directors. In a letter today to Thomas Tierney, eBay’s Chairman Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/12/05/ebay-feature-lets-shoppers-buy-buy-again/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/12/05/ebay-feature-lets-shoppers-buy-buy-again/#comments Fri, 06 Dec 2019 04:24:57 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=15042 Repeat purchases of commodity goods are low-hanging fruit for retailers, but it’s not something eBay has made easy for its shoppers to do. eBay is rectifying that, and on Thursday, the company announced the availability of a “Buy Again” feature Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/12/05/ebay-feature-lets-shoppers-buy-buy-again/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/10/16/ebay-announces-new-ceo-compensation-after-wenig-departure/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/10/16/ebay-announces-new-ceo-compensation-after-wenig-departure/#comments Thu, 17 Oct 2019 00:08:46 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=14749 The abrupt departure of eBay CEO Devin Wenig last month apparently left its board of directors scrambling. They named an interim successor but without negotiating a compensation package. Over 2 weeks after naming Scott Schenkel interim CEO, eBay entered into Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/10/16/ebay-announces-new-ceo-compensation-after-wenig-departure/feed/ 4 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/07/28/ebay-and-amazon-executives-sound-off-on-fast-shipping/ Mon, 29 Jul 2019 00:49:21 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=14272 If you’re having a paper-towel emergency, which online marketplace should you turn to? The topic came up last week and raises questions beyond the obvious ones like, who has a paper-towel emergency and under what circumstances? During his keynote address Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/05/31/ebay-is-off-to-a-great-start-in-2019-ceo-tells-shareholders/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/05/31/ebay-is-off-to-a-great-start-in-2019-ceo-tells-shareholders/#comments Fri, 31 May 2019 15:07:21 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=13869 The current year is off to a great start, eBay CEO Devin Wenig told shareholders several times during a presentation at the company’s annual meeting this morning. He kept the focus away from eBay’s GMV growth rate and emphasized instead Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/05/31/ebay-is-off-to-a-great-start-in-2019-ceo-tells-shareholders/feed/ 11 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/05/13/ebay-ceo-says-tariffs-and-taxes-hurt-small-businesses/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/05/13/ebay-ceo-says-tariffs-and-taxes-hurt-small-businesses/#comments Mon, 13 May 2019 21:18:43 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=13773 eBay CEO Devin Wenig tweeted today his views on the burden of online sales tax and tariffs on small businesses: “26 states have recently imposed significant internet sales taxes (with more to come), and consumers are now paying heavy tariffs Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/05/13/ebay-ceo-says-tariffs-and-taxes-hurt-small-businesses/feed/ 8