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Under Pressure To Bid Up Growth, EBay Parts Ways With Its CEO

Devin Wenig, who has been chief executive since 2015, is leaving the online shopping company. Activist investors are pressing eBay to sell off parts of the business to boost its stock price.
Chief executive Devin Wenig is leaving eBay amid the online shopping company's corporate overhaul.

EBay's chief executive is stepping down following disagreements with the online shopping website's board as it overhauls its business.

Devin Wenig, who has been eBay's CEO since 2015, will be replaced in the short term by Scott Schenkel, its chief

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