Meg Whitman is a Republican nominee for governor of California. She was born in 1956 in New York and currently lives in California. Whitman has had a successful career in business, serving as CEO of eBay and holding leadership roles at Procter & Gamble, Disney, and Florists Transworld Delivery. She is now running for governor while also leading eBay, where she has overseen the company's growth into a large online marketplace and acquisition of Skype.