eBay’s CEO, Meg Whitman, is reportedly planning to retire. Meg has been at the head of the company for 10 years and is responsible for building and growing the company from the early days of the dot com boom through the rocky road of its highs and lows. She is widely considered a pioneer and icon of the consumer internet business and has helped to shape and define the industry as we’ve come to know it.

Meg joined eBay as president and CEO in March 1998 when the company was still a small auction website with 30 employees. eBay is, today, a global ecommerce force. The company has been experiencing some difficulty with some acquisitions, maintaining its revenues, and falling stock price. Before eBay, Meg was with toymaker Hasbro and was president and CEO of FTD. John Donahoe, eBay’s auction business unit head, is expected to succeed her.