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Meg Whitman
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American business executive
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Meg Whitman, born Margaret Cushing Whitman in 1956, is an American business executive, entrepreneur, and politician. She was born in Cold Spring Harbor and is educated at Princeton University and Harvard Business School. A member of the Republican Party, she resides in Atherton and Cincinnati. Her religious affiliation is Presbyterianism.
Whitman has held positions including vice president, chief executive officer, consultant, and general manager. Her employers include Hewlett-Packard, The Walt Disney Company, Hasbro, and DreamWorks. She is affiliated with Hewlett Packard Enterprise and serves on the boards of Procter & Gamble, DreamWorks, Goldman Sachs, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. She was a candidate in the 2010 California gubernatorial election. Her relatives include Charles B. Farwell and Munroe Smith.
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Key facts
- President
- Joe Biden
- Preceded by
- Kyle McCarter
- Succeeded by
- Marc Dillard, Chargé d'affaires
- Born
- Margaret Cushing Whitman , ( 1956-08-04 ) August 4, 1956 (age 69) , Huntington, New York , U.S.
- Party
- Republican (formerly), Democratic
- Spouse
- Griffith R. Harsh ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1980 )
- Education
- Princeton University ( AB ), Harvard University ( MBA )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Meg
- Family name
- Whitman
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cold Spring Harbor
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- président-directeur général
- Educated at
- Harvard Business School
- Employer
- Quibi
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Religion
- Presbyterianism
- Image
- Meg Whitman, U.S. Ambassador.jpg
- Residence
- Cincinnati
- Significant event
- 2010 California gubernatorial election
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- Commons category
- Meg Whitman
- date of birth
- 1956-08-04
- birth name
- Margaret Cushing Whitman
- social media followers
- 211126
- affiliation string
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- affiliation
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- net worth
- 4100000000
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Encyclopedic overview
Margaret Cushing Whitman (born August 4, 1956) 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.
Until 2025, when she stated she was a registered Democrat, Whitman was a member of the Republican Party. She ran for governor of California in the 2010 California gubernatorial election and lost to former California Governor Jerry Brown, 54% to 41%. The fifth-wealthiest woman in California with a net worth of $1.3 billion in 2010, she spent, at the time, more of her own money on a single election than any other political candidate in American history. The $144 million of her own fortune she used for the race (the campaign spent $178.5 million in total, including money from donors) was surpassed only by Michael Bloomberg in the 2020 presidential election. Whitman was a senior presidential campaign official for Republican Mitt Romney in both 2008 and 2012, although she supported Democrats Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden in the 2016 presidential election and the 2020 presidential election, respectively.
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