Margaret Cushing "Meg" Whitman (born August 4, 1956) was President and Chief Executive Officer of eBay from March 1998 to March 2008, when she stepped down from her role. In 2006 Whitman endorsed Governor Mitt Romney for president and served in his campaign. After Romney withdrew, she endorsed Senator John McCain.

She is a candidate for Governor of California in the November 2010 election. She opposes same-sex marriage and the "green" initiative to stop global warming.

Whitman was born on Long Island, New York, the daughter of Hendricks Hallett Whitman and Margaret (Goodhue) Whitman. Whitman attended Cold Spring Harbor High School in Cold Spring Harbor, New York. She earned a BA in Economics from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1979. Whitman has lived in Atherton, California since March 1998.