EBay

eBay is an online marketplace with 100 million active users worldwide and $68.6 billion in total value of goods sold annually as of the fourth quarter of 2011. It owns the online financial company PayPal since 2002, as well as GSI Commerce, X.Commerce, and MercadoLibre. The company grossed $11.7 billion in 2011 and netted $3.2 billion in profits and eBay, Inc. reported $14.07 billion in total revenue in 2012. eBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar in 1995 and was originally called "AuctionWeb."

Ties to Pete Peterson's "Fix the Debt"
The Campaign to Fix the Debt is the latest incarnation of a decades-long effort by former Nixon man turned Wall Street billionaire Pete Peterson to slash earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare under the guise of fixing the nation's "debt problem."

This article is part of the Center for Media and Democracy's investigation of Pete Peterson's Campaign to "Fix the Debt." Please visit our main SourceWatch page on Fix the Debt.

Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council
eBay has been a corporate funder of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and a member of ALEC's Communications and Technology Task Force. See ALEC Corporations for more.

In July 2012, ColorOfChange.org announced that it was asking its members to call on eBay to drop its ties to ALEC. eBay competitor Amazon.com announced during its annual shareholder meeting in May 2012 that it had dropped ALEC. See Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC for more.

Board of Directors
As of February 2013
 * Pierre Omidyar, Chairman of the Board
 * John Donahoe, President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
 * David Marcus, President of Paypal
 * Chris Saridakis, President of GSI
 * Robert Swan, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President - Finance
 * Devin Wenig, President - eBay Marketplaces
 * Mark Carges, Senior Vice President - Global Products, Marketplaces, Chief Technology Officer
 * Michael Jacobson, Senior Vice President - Legal Affairs, General Counsel, Secretary
 * Elizabeth Axelrod,Senior Vice President - Human Resources
 * Alan Marks, Senior Vice President - Corporate Communications
 * Brian Doerger, Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer
 * Edward Barnholt, Lead Independent Director
 * Fred Anderson
 * Marc Andreessen
 * Scott Cook
 * William Ford
 * Kathleen Mitic
 * David Moffett
 * Richard Schlosberg
 * Thomas Tierney

Executive Management

 * John Donahoe, President & CEO
 * Beth Axelrod, Senior Vice President, Human Resources
 * Mark Carges, Senior Vice President, Global Products, Marketplaces & Chief Technology Officer
 * Michael Jacobson, Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs; General Counsel & Secretary
 * Alan Marks, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications
 * Bob Swan, Senior Vice President, Finance & CFO
 * Devin Wenig, President, eBay Global Marketplaces

Contact details
Whitman Campus 2065 Hamilton Avenue San Jose, California 95125

Phone: (800) 322-9266 Fax: (408) 376-7400

website: http://www.ebay.com

eBay Park North 2211 North First Street San Jose, CA 95131

Corporate & eBay Marketplaces North America Media Relations Hotline: press AT ebay.com

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