BUSINESSPERSON

Meg Whitman

1956 - Today

Photo of Meg Whitman

Icon of person Meg Whitman

Margaret Cushing Whitman (born August 4, 1956) is an American business executive, diplomat, and politician who had served as the United States ambassador to Kenya since 2022 until her resignation on November 13, 2024. Whitman was president and chief executive officer (CEO) of eBay from 1998 to 2008. Afterwards, she became president and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from 2011 to 2015, during the company's major split. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Meg Whitman has received more than 2,740,418 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Meg Whitman is the 629th most popular businessperson (down from 538th in 2019), the 9,624th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,452nd in 2019) and the 216th most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Meg Whitman ranks 629 out of 847. Before her are Irwin M. Jacobs, Abigail Johnson, Mo Ibrahim, Benito Archundia, Rick Scott, and Henry Tate. After her are Joel Glazer, Michael Milken, Shari Arison, Svend Foyn, Billy Beane, and Hiroshi Mikitani.

Most Popular Businesspeople in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Meg Whitman ranks 447. Before her are Desireé Cousteau, Emmanuel Kundé, Tim Paterson, Stella Kyriakides, Avi Wigderson, and Ratko Radovanović. After her are Rabri Devi, Sanjaagiin Bayar, Giuliana De Sio, Sinbad, Salvatore Bagni, and Princess Alia bint Hussein.

Others Born in 1956

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Meg Whitman ranks 9,624 out of 20,380. Before her are Walter Lord (1917), Joan Hackett (1934), Laila Robins (1959), Keith Szarabajka (1952), Otis Blackwell (1931), and Kevin Chapman (1962). After her are B. J. Novak (1979), Wallace Langham (1965), Gordon B. Hinckley (1910), Greg Graffin (1964), Colin Campbell Cooper (1856), and Pauline Starke (1901).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Meg Whitman ranks 216. Before her are Clyde Cessna (1879), George Steinbrenner (1930), Linda Yaccarino (1963), Irwin M. Jacobs (1933), Abigail Johnson (1961), and Rick Scott (1952). After her are Joel Glazer (1970), Michael Milken (1946), Shari Arison (1957), Billy Beane (1962), Sean Parker (1979), and Sumner Redstone (1923).

American born Businesspeople

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous