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{{Infobox person
|name = Devin Wenig
|image = Dwenig.jpg
|caption = Devin Wenig
|birth_name = Devin Norse Wenig
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966}}
|birth_place = [[Flatbush, Brooklyn]], New York, US
|death_date =
|death_place =
|other_names =
|known_for =
|occupation = CEO, [[eBay]]
|education =
|boards = [[General Motors]] (2018-)<br> [[eBay]] (2011–)<br> [[Reuters]] (2006–11)
|alma_mater = [[Union College]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])}}<br>[[Columbia Law School]] {{small|([[Juris Doctor|J.D.]])}}
|nationality = American
| salary = $14,509,427 (total compensation, 2015)<ref name=Businessweek/>
| spouse = Cindy Lee Horowitz
| children =
}}

'''Devin Norse Wenig''' (born 1966)<ref name=Forbes/> is an American business executive, currently the president and CEO of [[eBay]].

==Early life==
Devin Norse Wenig was born in [[Flatbush, Brooklyn]], New York,<ref name=Crains>{{cite web|title=Where is Devin Wenig now?|url=http://mycrains.crainsnewyork.com/40under40/profiles/2005/devin-wenig|website=Crains|accessdate=4 November 2014}}</ref> the son of Carol Wenig of [[Dix Hills, New York|Dix Hills]], Long Island, and Dr. Jeffrey Wenig, a toxicologist, and founder and chief executive of Nastech Pharmaceutical Company of Hauppauge, Long Island.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|title=WEDDINGS; Cindy Horowitz, Devin Wenig|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/29/style/weddings-cindy-horowitz-devin-wenig.html|accessdate=4 November 2014|work=NYT|date=29 March 1993}}</ref>

Wenig holds a BA degree from [[Union College]] and a JD degree from [[Columbia University School of Law]].<ref name=Businessweek/>

==Career==
Aged 23, and following his father's unexpected death, Wenig took over as CEO of then-struggling Nastech Pharmaceutical, raising $5 million in venture capital. After a year, he recruited a professional manager and joined the law firm [[Cravath Swaine & Moore]].<ref name=Crains/>

In 1993, Wenig joined [[Reuters]], where he remained until 2011, becoming the company's No. 2 executive.<ref name=Crains/> From June 2006 to April 2008, Wenig was COO and a board member of Reuters Group plc. From April 2008 to August 2011, Wenig was CEO of Thomson Reuters Markets, the largest division of Thomson Reuters Inc.<ref name=Forbes>{{cite web|title=Devin Wenig|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/devin-wenig/|website=Forbes|accessdate=4 November 2014}}</ref>

Wenig joined as president of eBay's Global eBay Marketplaces Business Unit on 6 September 2011.<ref name=Businessweek>{{cite web|title=Devin N. Wenig|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=609529&ticker=EBAY|website=Businessweek|accessdate=4 November 2014}}</ref> When Wenig joined eBay, it had 99 million active users. During his time as marketplace chief, this rose to nearly 160 million, by focusing on "m-commerce", shopping on mobile devices.<ref name="fortune.com">{{cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2015/07/19/ebay-independence/|title=For eBay, a new chapter begins|website=Fortune.com|accessdate=1 August 2017}}</ref> In October 2014, it was announced that once the eBay/[[PayPal]] demerger was complete, Wenig would become CEO of eBay, replacing [[John Donahoe]].<ref name="WSJ">{{cite news|last1=Bensinger|first1=Greg|title=EBay’s PayPal Spin Off to Be Costly in Compensation for Executives|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ebays-paypal-spin-off-to-be-costly-in-compensation-for-executives-1412382380|accessdate=4 November 2014|work=WSJ|date=3 October 2014}}</ref> Wenig took over as CEO in July 2015 after eBay spun off PayPal.<ref name="fortune.com"/> In April 2018, he was elected to the [[General Motors]]' Board of Directors.
<ref name=GMBoD>{{cite web|title=eBay CEO Devin Wenig Elected to GM Board of Directors|url=http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/home.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2018/apr/0419-wenig.html|website=GM Corporate News Room|accessdate=19 April 2018}}</ref>
==Personal life==
On 28 March 1993, Wenig married Cindy Lee Horowitz, a lawyer, and fellow graduate of Columbia University School of Law in a [[Jewish]] ceremony at the Huntington (Long Island) Jewish Center.<ref name=NYT/>

==References==
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{{Reuters}}

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[[Category:Directors of eBay]]
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[[Category:Cravath, Swaine & Moore people]]
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[[Category:American chief operating officers]]

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