Filings Made When EBay Hired Thompson Accurate, CEO Donahoe Says
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John Donahoe, chief executive officer of EBay Inc., the world’s largest Internet marketplace, said the filings made when it hired Scott Thompson as president of its PayPal payment business were accurate. The academic credentials of Thompson, now CEO of Yahoo! Inc., were questioned by Yahoo investor Third Point LLC, prompting the board of the biggest U.S. Web portal to review the matter.
Donahoe spoke to reporters in Tokyo today.