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Meg Whitman

movie Politician, Business executive cake August 4, 1956
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Net Worth

2.1 billion USD

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Height

in centimeters- 185 cm in meters- 1.85 m in Feet Inches- 6’ 1”

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Age

60

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Nation

American

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Basic Information

Date of Birth: August 4, 1956
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Nationality: American
Hometown: Huntington, New York, USA

Family & Relationships

Marital Status: Married
Spouse: & More » StarsUnfolded
Children: Son- William Harsh, Griffith Rutherford Harsh V Daughter- N/A

Education

Schools: Cold Spring Harbor High School, Cold Spring Harbor New York
Colleges: Princeton University, Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Education: MBA

Lifestyle

Religion: Presbyterianism

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Some Lesser Known Facts About Meg Whitman

  • Does Meg Whitman smoke?: No
  • Does Meg Whitman drink alcohol?: No
  • Her birthplace, Long Island, New York in Oyster Bay, was one of the inspirational settings for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Great Gatsby.
  • Both of her parents, Hendricks Hallett Whitman, Jr. and Margaret Cushing Whitman, served in World War II.
  • When Meg Whitman was born, she had a birth defect called dysplasia.
  • She was a good athlete in her child hood and liked many sports like swimming, tennis and skating.
  • Whitman wanted to go in the field of medicines and dreamed of becoming  a doctor.
  • She introduced UK’s children’s television show “Teletubbies” into the United States.
  • She joined eBay in 1988 when it had only 30 employees with 4 million USD revenue and she raised the revenue of eBay to 8 billion USD with 15000 employees before she left in 2008.
  • Meg Whitman donated 30 million USD to Princeton in 2002 and the Whitman College Residence is named after her.
  • While running for California Governor, she spent more of her own money (144 million USD) and became the most self-funded political candidate in the history of US politics.
  • In 2015 Fortune’s list, Meg Whitman was ranked 7 as the highest paid women in the world.

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