{"id":549450,"date":"2006-07-07T12:18:54","date_gmt":"2006-07-07T12:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/549450-management-shake-up-at-ebay.html"},"modified":"2006-07-07T12:18:54","modified_gmt":"2006-07-07T12:18:54","slug":"management-shake-up-at-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/549450-management-shake-up-at-ebay.html","title":{"rendered":"Management shake-up at eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeff Jordan, PayPal president since December of 2004, will surrender his post in the fall "to spend more time with his family," according to eBay. <\/font><\/p>\n

EBay announced Jordan’s planned departure in a statement outlining senior management changes at the San Jose, California, company and its properties PayPal, Skype and Shopping.com. <\/font><\/p>\n

"The changes will help the company leverage the expertise of top executives and further eBay’s efforts to build synergies among its brands," eBay said in a release. <\/font><\/p>\n

The management shake-up at eBay came as a surprise to industruy analysts that suspected it was a competitive reaction to the launch last week of Google Checkout, an online payment system seen as a PayPal rival. <\/font><\/p>\n

Google Checkout was added to the list of "payment services not permitted on eBay," a check of the eBay website revealed. Jordan went to work for eBay in 1999. <\/font><\/p>\n

He was praised by the company for helping it thrive and being at the PayPal helm when it topped one billion dollars (US) in revenue for the first time in 2005. <\/font><\/p>\n

"Jeff has had a long and successful career at PayPal and eBay," eBay President Meg Whitman said in a release. "Jeff’s been a valued colleague and close friend, and while I’m sorry to see him go, I wish him the very best." <\/font><\/p>\n

Jordan will be replaced by eBay executive Rajiv Dutta, who was named president of the company’s Internet telefony service Skype earlier this year. <\/font><\/p>\n

Dutta has been with eBay since 1998 and was involved in the acquisition of PayPal in 2002, according to eBay. Skype Vice President of Products Alex Kazim will fill the seat emptied by Dutta, eBay said. <\/font><\/p>\n

Skype has more than 100 million users, and those people spent a total of 6.9 billion minutes of online telephone calls in the first quarter of 2006, according to the company. That figure was 31 percent more than the same quarter last year, eBay reported. Lorrie Norrington, head of Shopping.com, will also be responsible for eBay’s international marketplaces, according to the company. <\/font><\/p>\n

A Shopping.com vice president, Josh Silverman, is to be in charge of day-to-day operations there. "We have the leading brands in ecommerce, online payments, and online communications," said Whitman. "Transferring leadership across those businesses allows us to better innovate and collaborate throughout the company." <\/font><\/p>\n

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