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To: BlackAdderess

So you want to get to the bottom of this? Alright. Here’s some retro FReeper work. Read all of the following quoted from the article.

EBay CEO Devin Wenig steps down, says he and board were not on ‘same page’
The Washington Post
By Taylor Telford
September 25, 2019
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/09/25/ebay-ceo-devin-wenig-steps-down-says-he-board-were-not-same-page/

[Excerpt:]
“Wenig, a former Reuters CEO, joined eBay in 2011 and had held the top job since July 2015...During his tenure as chief executive, Wenig spearheaded efforts to modernize eBay and court younger shoppers, including a site redesign and the implementation of artificial intelligence for shopper insights...On Twitter, Wenig praised eBay as a pioneer of responsible big tech.

“EBay is an example of why we shouldn’t give up on big tech companies,” he tweeted. “It stands for economic democracy, and has a culture and community that are examples of how technology can enable, empower and bring us together. … I will always, always be in eBay’s corner.”


14 posted on 06/15/2020 11:35:56 PM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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To: familyop

Former Reuters CEO, good catch!


15 posted on 06/16/2020 1:45:45 AM PDT by BlackAdderess (The constant with idealists is that no matter how often they fail ‘it will be different this time’)
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