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Meg Whitman (born 1956), president and CEO of eBay
Meg Whitman is not the current president and CEO of eBay. She stepped down from that role in 2007–2008, and eBay’s current CEO is Jamie Iannone.
Full reasoning
This entry presents Meg Whitman as “president and CEO of eBay” in the present tense, but that is outdated.
eBay’s official leadership page identifies Jamie Iannone as the company’s current President and Chief Executive Officer. Meg Whitman’s own biography states that she resigned as CEO of eBay in November 2007 and only remained on the board as an adviser until late 2008. That means she is a former eBay CEO, not the current one.
So the misleading part is the lack of any past-tense qualifier: as written, the entry implies she currently holds the job, which is false.
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- Jamie Iannone - eBay Inc.
Our Leaders ... Jamie Iannone President and Chief Executive Officer ... Jamie Iannone is the President and Chief Executive Officer of eBay, Inc.
- Meg Whitman - Wikipedia
Whitman resigned as CEO of eBay in November 2007, but remained on the board and served as an advisor to new CEO John Donahoe until late 2008.