7 posts and columns on Lorrie Norrington

CEO John Donahoe Talks About What’s Next for eBay’s PayPal, After Scott Thompson’s Surprise Exit to Yahoo

in Commerce on January 4 at 10:08 pm PT

Now that Yahoo has nabbed PayPal President Scott Thompson from its crosstown Internet peer, there will be some shuffling to do in order to fill the gap he leaves behind at eBay.
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Yahoo’s Bartz Also Gets Fired From Fortune’s Powerful Women List, While HP’s Whitman Gets Hired

in Media on September 29, 2011 at 12:48 pm PT

It’s a tough life at the top, especially of a list.
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News Byte

eBay Appoints Devin Wenig as New President of Marketplaces

in Commerce on September 6, 2011 at 4:40 pm PT

eBay has named Devin Wenig, former CEO of Thomson Reuters Markets, as new president of its Marketplaces business unit. The appointment follows the departure of Lorrie Norrington, who left the position a year ago. Wenig, 44, will report to President and CEO John Donahoe. Over the past year, the Marketplaces unit has been undergoing a transformation, and while it represents eBay’s largest division, it faces being eclipsed by eBay’s faster growing PayPal division.

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EBay's Marketplace Chief Leaves in Midst of Revamp

in News on September 22, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Top eBay Inc. executive Lorrie Norrington announced her departure from the Internet company at a critical time in its turnaround effort. Ms. Norrington, who runs eBay’s marketplace business—which accounts for more than half of its revenue—decided to leave for “personal family reasons,” the company said.

"Come to Think of It, eBay"–Is That a Killer Ad Motto or a Desperate Plea for Attention? (Plus Old Commericals!)

in News on November 2, 2009 at 5:10 am PT

BoomTown is not quite sure what to think of another new advertising campaign from an Internet giant–this time by eBay. With the tagline, “Come to Think of It, eBay,” the print, television and online marketing campaign starts today to “boost its standing as a holiday shopping destination.” Interestingly, the ads have been crafted by San Francisco-based Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, which has also just nabbed the lead role in the $100 million advertising campaign by Yahoo.
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Yahoo's Bartz (No. 8), Facebook's Sandberg (No. 22), Google's Mayer (No. 44) and More Techies Make Fortune's 50 Most Powerful Women List

in News on September 11, 2009 at 12:15 am PT

Time Inc.’s Fortune magazine–which never met a list it did not like to make–had a solid group of women tech types on its “50 Most Powerful Women 2009” roster, the annual survey that it posted yesterday. Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz made the Top Ten this year, clocking in at No. 8, along with a lot of other tech-savvy women in Silicon Valley and elsewhere.
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eBay: Norrington to Replace Dutta as Marketplaces Prez

in News on July 16, 2008 at 5:03 pm PT

This afternoon, eBay announced that eBay Marketplaces President Rajiv Dutta, a longtime executive at the company, will retire in October and be replaced by Lorrie Norrington, who has been running eBay Marketplaces Operations.