Reported net worth: $4.1B (as of 2025).
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Meg Whitman
Margaret Cushing Whitman is an American business executive, diplomat and politician. She served as the United States ambassador to Kenya from July 2022 to November 2024 under President Joe Biden.
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business · American business executive and diplomat (born 1956) · business executive · entrepreneur · politician · also Meg Whitman, Margaret Cushing "Meg" Whitman, Meg Cushing Whitman, Margaret Whitman, Margaret Cushing Whitman, Whitman
Born 4 August 1956 · Q55174
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2025· 1 entry
2024· 2 entries
VOA rated the claim ““Meg Whitman has been involved in the country’s internal affairs. Raila [Odinga] has faced opposition from Americans since the day he was born… Americans will participate in the elections and won’t allow Raila to be the AUC chair.”” False.
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Whitman announced her resignation as ambassador
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2023· 6 entries
Claimed: ““60% of the population in Africa is under the age of 25.”” — rated Correct by Africa Check.
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Claimed: “Kenya currently generates 93% of its electricity from renewable sources.” — rated Incorrect by Africa Check.
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Claimed: ““Africa is the youngest continent in the world.”” — rated Correct by Africa Check.
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Claimed: ““... the US exported $600 million in goods to Kenya.”” — rated Correct by Africa Check.
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Claimed: ““In total, Kenya exports about US$890 million in goods to the US each year.”” — rated Incorrect by Africa Check.
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Claimed: ““The US is Kenya’s largest export market.”” — rated Incorrect by Africa Check.
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2022· 1 entry
Her nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote
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2021· 1 entry
President Joe Biden nominated Whitman to serve as United States ambassador to Kenya
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2019· 1 entry
At which Whitman testified to having not carried out "proper calculations of the write-down
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2018· 1 entry
Meg Whitman invested in and joined the board of the eSports organization Immortals Gaming Club
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2017· 3 entries
It was announced Whitman was stepping down as the CEO of HPE, effective February 1, 2018, with HPE president Antonio Neri taking over as CEO
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Whitman stepped down as chair of HP Inc
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Whitman was the Commencement speaker for Carnegie Mellon University and was awarded an honorary doctorate degree
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2016· 1 entry
Presidential campaign, stating that to vote for Trump "out of party loyalty alone would be to endorse a candidacy that I believe has exploited anger, grievance, xenophobia and racial division"
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2014· 1 entry
Whitman was named 20th in Forbes List of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the World
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2013· 3 entries
Whitman confirmed that she had reversed that opinion
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However, on February 26, 2013, Whitman confirmed that she had reversed that opinion.
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“At the time, I believed the people of California had weighed in on this question and that overturning the will of the people was the wrong approach,”
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2012· 1 entry
Whitman announced that HP would write down $8
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2010· 9 entries
At 11:35 pm, Whitman conceded the election to Brown, stating, "We've come up a little short
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Election lost: 2010 gubernatorial election.
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Whitman won the Republican primary, becoming the first female to run on the Republican ticket and the third female overall to run for Governor of California after Dianne Feinstein in 1990 and Kathleen Brown in 1994
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“I want to hold employers accountable for hiring only documented workers.”
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Spent, at the time, more of her own money on a single election than any other political candidate in American history
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“Meg believes the state cannot afford the costs associated with high-speed rail due to our current fiscal crisis.”
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The Sacramento Bee reported that Whitman did not vote for 28 years, after reviewing her voting records in California
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Campaign: 2010 gubernatorial election.
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Warren Buffett asked Whitman to join the Giving Pledge in which billionaires would commit to donating half of their money to charity, and Whitman declined
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2009· 2 entries
Whitman announced she would run for governor of California in the 2010 election
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Whitman called for "a path to legalization" of illegal immigrants
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2008· 1 entry
Whitman was cited by The New York Times as among the women most likely to become the first female president of the United States
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2007· 1 entry
At Princeton University, was named for Meg Whitman following her $30 million donation
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2006· 1 entry
By donating 300,000 shares of eBay stock worth $9
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2004· 1 entry
Donated more than $225,000 during the same period to Republicans, eBay's PAC and to Americans for a Republican Majority, the PAC of former Congressman Tom DeLay
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2002· 1 entry
Soon after its initial public offering, PayPal became a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay valued at $1
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1998· 1 entry
Career landmark: chief executive officer (1998–2008).
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1997· 1 entry
Career landmark: general manager (1997).
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1995· 1 entry
Career landmark: chief executive officer (1995).
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1994· 2 entries
“s approach to illegal immigration with Arizona SB 1070 is wrong and that there are better ways to solve the problem. She said that, if she had lived in California in 1994, she would have voted against Proposition 187 concerning illegal immigrants. In an op-ed during her gubernatorial campaign, Whitman wrote,”
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Would have voted against Proposition 187 concerning illegal immigrants
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1989· 1 entry
Career landmark: vice president (1989).
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1979· 2 entries
Studied at Harvard Business School, Master of Business Administration (1977–1979).
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As a brand manager at Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio
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1977· 1 entry
Studied at Princeton University, Bachelor of Science (1973–1977).
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1974· 1 entry
Studied at Cold Spring Harbor Jr./Sr. High School (1974).
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1956· 2 entries
Born 1956-08-04.
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In Cold Spring Harbor, New York, the daughter of Margaret Cushing (née Goodhue) and Hendricks Hallett Whitman Jr
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