On 06/06/06, Tim Starling <t.starling(a)physics.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
Andrew Lih wrote:
FYI,
Wikia taps eBay exec as CEO
San Francisco Business Times - 2:41 PM PDT Monday
Wikia Inc., a for-profit company founded 18 months ago by Wikipedia
founder Jimmy Wales, hired Gil Penchina as its CEO on Monday.
Penchina was vice president and general manager at eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY).
Penchina was *a* vice president of eBay. eBay is one of these companies
with
lots of division presidents, senior vice presidents and vice presidents.
http://pages.ebay.com/aboutebay/thecompany/executiveteam.html
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