John Donahoe
John Joseph Donahoe II (born April 30, 1960)[1] is an American businessman who is the CEO of Nike. Early in his career, he worked for Bain & Company, becoming the firm's president and CEO in 1999.[2] He is on the board of directors at Nike,[3] The Bridgespan Group [4] and is chairman of PayPal. Donahoe was named president and CEO of ServiceNow, a cloud company, in February 2017.[5][6] He was on the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College from 2003 to 2012.[7]
John Donahoe
Dartmouth College (BA)
Stanford University (MBA)
Businessman
Nike
ServiceNow
Bridgespan Group
PayPal
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Early life and education[edit]
John Donahoe was born in Evanston, Illinois on April 30, 1960.[8] His father was an accountant at Price Waterhouse in Chicago.[9] In 1978, he graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois.[9] He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Dartmouth College, followed by an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.[10] Donahoe is of Irish descent.[11]
Political activism[edit]
Donahoe has donated to Democrats and Republicans. He contributed to Republican Congressman David Dreier of California, as well as two Democratic Senate candidates, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Barbara Boxer of California.[19][20][21]
Personal life[edit]
He is married to Eileen Donahoe (née Chamberlain), former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.[22] They have four children; three sons and a daughter, and live in Portola Valley, California.[23][24]