Scott Schenkel

Scott F. Schenkel is an American business executive. He was the interim CEO of eBay from September 2019 through April 2020. Prior to that, he was eBay's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Scott Schenkel
Born
Scott F. Schenkel
NationalityAmerican
EducationVirginia Tech
OccupationBusiness executive
TitleFormer interim CEO of eBay
TermSeptember 2019 - April 2020
PredecessorDevin Wenig
SuccessorJamie Iannone

Early life

Schenkel earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Virginia Tech.[1][2]

Career

After university, Schenkel joined General Electric's (GE) financial management program, and worked in finance for GE for over 16 years, rising to CFO of GE Healthcare Clinical Systems.[2]

Schenkel joined eBay from GE in 2007.[3] Before becoming CFO of eBay, Schenkel had been senior vice president and CFO of eBay Marketplaces for over six years.[4][5]

On 25 September 2019, it was announced that Devin Wenig would be stepping down as ebay's CEO, and that Schenkel, senior vice president and chief financial officer since 2015, had been appointed as the interim CEO.[6]

Personal life

Schenkel is a keen baseball fan and enjoys skiing, mountain biking, and golf.[2]

gollark: How do you actually say "ninja of the clouds" or something though?
gollark: Fascinating.
gollark: Wait, wouldn't "ninja of the clouds" be genitive, not just... accusative plural, or something?
gollark: I don't actually know. It just sounds German and it would sort of make sense in context.
gollark: Presumably "Wolken" is German for "cloud".

References
  1. "Scott F Schenkel". Bloomberg LP. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  2. "Our Leaders". eBay. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  3. Sayers, Paul (25 September 2019). "eBay CFO Scott Schenkel assumes interim CEO role as Devin Wenig departs". venturebeat. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  4. Reuters (2019-09-25). "EBay C.E.O. Steps Down, Citing Differences With Board". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  5. "Who is Scott Schenkel, the new interim eBay CEO?". Tamebay. 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  6. Kim, Jasmine (25 September 2019). "eBay CEO Devin Wenig is stepping down as the company continues review of potential sale of assets". CNBC. Retrieved 25 September 2019.


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