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Meg Whitman Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Meg Whitman? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Meg Whitman was the CEO of Hewlett-Packard during its split into HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

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She oversaw the 2015 split as CEO, though the division was controversial and led to significant job cuts.

2.

She ran for governor of California as a Democrat in 2010.

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Whitman ran as a Republican, spending over $140 million of her own money, but lost to Jerry Brown.

3.

She was the CEO of eBay when the company acquired PayPal for $1.5 billion.

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Whitman was eBay’s CEO from 1998 to 2008, but PayPal was acquired in 2002 for $1.5 billion under her watch—this statement is true in fact, but false as a 'myth'? Actually, it's true. Correcting: The statement itself is true, so I'll swap: She was CEO of eBay during the dot-com bust.

4.

Meg Whitman was the first female CEO of a Fortune 50 company.

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She was not first; that honor goes to Katharine Graham (Washington Post) or others. Whitman led HP (Fortune 20) but wasn't first.

5.

Meg Whitman served on the board of directors for The Walt Disney Company.

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She was on Disney’s board from 2001 to 2006, bringing tech expertise during a period of digital transition.

6.

Whitman personally invested in and helped found the dating app Bumble.

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Whitman was CEO of Bumble’s parent company, Match Group? No. She was never involved with Bumble. She did back startups like CloudHealth and Quibi.

7.

Whitman started her career as a brand manager at Procter & Gamble.

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Her first job out of Harvard Business School was at P&G, where she worked on brands like Tide.

8.

She was an early investor in Google before its IPO.

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Whitman invested $100,000 in Google’s Series A round in 1999, netting her a massive return when it went public.

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