posted on October 31, 2008 06:16:10 AM new
One early fan was Eileen Donahoe, a Stanford-trained lawyer with a Ph.D. in ethics and social theory from the University of California, Berkeley.
She first met Obama during a visit he made to the Bay Area in January 2005 to get to know tech leaders. Donahoe, 49, says Obama struck her as a young man in a hurry. Yet she says he was steeped in the intricacies of health care, taxation and the Iraq War.
In his visits, he communicated his positions persuasively. Obama resembled an entrepreneur pitching a hot startup idea and offering an opportunity to invest on the ground floor. She urged him to run for president.
``I made a bet on raw talent,'' says Donahoe, who's married to new EBay CEO John Donahoe.
I never would have dreamed that Donahue, King of Disruptive Innovation and the man who singlehandedly has managed to destroy the once great ebay marketplace, would have a wife with a PhD in ethics! I wonder how ethical she thinks it is to charge sellers for services not delivered (no search visibility) and destroy so many small businesses?
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posted on October 31, 2008 06:20:20 AM new
Glad she supports Obama but I am surprised that she is married to MR. EBAY.
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posted on October 31, 2008 11:42:55 AM new
It would be nice to have her e-mail, so we could communicate through her to her husband. It should be available through Stanford. . . .
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posted on October 31, 2008 01:47:54 PM new
Pixiamom let me know that our fearless leader is "Donahoe" not "Donahue" (I always thought that people called him Dona-hoe to deride him!).
Sorry about that!
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