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'''eBay''' is an [[Internet]] [[auction]] site and marketplace that was founded in 1995. The CEO of eBay Inc., which is publicly traded on [[NASDAQ]], was [[Meg Whitman]]. Whitman left the job in 2008.<ref>MSNBC: ''eBay CEO Meg Whitman to retire'', Jan. 23, 2008, retrieved on 10/14/2008[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22782796/]</ref>  eBay also owns [[Paypal]] and [[Skype]]. The seat of eBay is in [[San Jose]], [[Calfornia]].

'''eBay''' is an [[Internet]] [[auction]] site and marketplace that was founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar. The CEO of eBay Inc., which is publicly traded on [[NASDAQ]], is John Donahoe. From 1998 to 2008, [[Meg Whitman]] was the President and CEO.<ref>MSNBC: ''eBay CEO Meg Whitman to retire'', Jan. 23, 2008, retrieved on 10/14/2008[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22782796/]</ref>  The seat of eBay is in [[San Jose]], [[Calfornia]].  eBay has invested in a number of other high technology companies, including [[Skype]] which it later sold to [[Microsoft]].

eBay started just as ecommerce started on the internet, and buyers and sellers needed a reliable way to transfer money without disclosing confidential financial data.  Many eBay users turned to a new company, PayPal to fill that need. Many customers used both as  eBay and PayPal grew in popularity.  In July 2002, PayPal went public.  On October 3, 2002, PayPal became a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay.<ref>{{cite web

|url=http://news.cnet.com/Its+official+eBay+weds+PayPal/2100-1017_3-960658.html |title=It's official: eBay weds PayPal |publisher=[[CNet]] |author=Troy Wolverton |date=October 3, 2002 |accessdate=February 6, 2015}}</ref> PayPal is based at eBay headquarters in San Jose and also has significant operations in [[Omaha, Nebraska]], [[Scottsdale, Arizona]], [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], [[Austin, Texas]], and [[Boston, Massachusetts]]; [[Chennai]], India; [[Dublin, Ireland]]; [[Kleinmachnow]], Germany; and [[Tel Aviv]], Israel. Since July 2007, PayPal has operated across the [[European Union]] as a [[Luxembourg]]-based bank.

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