# Maynard Webb

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| birth_date  = {{birth year and age|1955}}
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| education = [Bachelor's Degree](/source/Bachelor's_Degree), [Florida Atlantic University](/source/Florida_Atlantic_University)
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| known_for   = Author, ''Rebooting Work: Transform How You Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship'' (2013)
| title  = Chairman of [Yahoo!](/source/Yahoo!)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://investor.yahoo.net/directors.cfm |title=Yahoo - Board of Directors |accessdate=2015-01-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217021510/https://investor.yahoo.net/directors.cfm |archivedate=2015-02-17 }}</ref><br>Founder of Webb Investment 
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'''Maynard G. Webb Jr.''' (born 1955) is an American business person and is the <ref name="The New York Times">{{cite news|title=The New York Times Best Sellers|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2013-02-17/hardcover-advice/list.html|work=Best Seller List|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=9 February 2013|first=Gregory|last=Cowles}}</ref> author of the ''New York Times'' bestseller ''Rebooting Work: Transform How You Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship'',<ref name=Amazon.com>{{cite book|title=Rebooting Work: Transform How You Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship|work=Book Description|isbn = 978-1118226155|last1 = Webb|first1 = Maynard|last2 = Adler|first2 = Carlye|date = 28 January 2013|publisher=John Wiley & Sons }}</ref> and the national bestseller ''Dear Founder: Letters of Advice for Anyone who Leads, Manages, or Wants to Start a Business''.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/Dear-Founder-Letters-Manages-Business-ebook/dp/B079DVSV1F | title=Dear Founder: Letters of Advice for Anyone Who Leads, Manages, or Wants to Start a Business | date=11 September 2018 | publisher=St. Martin's Press }}</ref> A long-time technology executive and angel investor,<ref name="TechCrunch Sept 2012">{{cite book|last=Shah|first=Semil|title="In the Studio," Maynard Webb Pays It Forward With WIN|work=Opinion|date=28 January 2013|publisher=TechCrunch|isbn=978-1118226155}}</ref> Webb is a board member of [Salesforce](/source/Salesforce.com),<ref name=Salesforce>{{cite web|title=Maynard Webb, Chairman, LiveOps|url=http://www.salesforce.com/company/leadership/board-of-directors/#Webb|work=Board of Directors|publisher=Salesforce.com|accessdate=11 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011111831/http://www.salesforce.com/company/leadership/board-of-directors/#Webb|archive-date=11 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> [Visa](/source/Visa_Inc.),<ref name="VISA Board">{{cite web|title=VISA Board of Directors & Advisors|url=http://investor.visa.com/corporate-governance/board-of-directors/|work=Board of Directors|publisher=VISA|accessdate=4 February 2015}}</ref> and former chairman of the board of directors at [Yahoo!](/source/Yahoo!).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/business/corner-office-maynard-webb-yahoos-chairman-even-the-best-teams-can-be-better.html|title=Maynard Webb, Yahoo's Chairman: Even the Best Teams Can Be Better|last=Bryant|first=Adam|date=2015|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-10-13|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-16/yahoo-said-to-appoint-maynard-webb-as-chairman.html | work=Bloomberg | title=Yahoo Names Webb as Chairman in Mayer's Turnaround Push}}</ref> Webb founded Webb Investment Network in 2010<ref name="WIN Team">{{cite web|title=Maynard Webb|url=http://www.winfunding.com/node/3|work=Team|publisher=Webb Investment Network|accessdate=11 October 2012|archive-date=29 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029091412/http://www.winfunding.com/node/3|url-status=dead}}</ref> and is the former CEO of [LiveOps](/source/LiveOps) and former COO of [eBay](/source/eBay).<ref name="NYT DealBook 2/12">{{cite news|last=De La Merced|first=Michael J.|title=Yahoo Board Shaken Up in a Push for Revival|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/yahoo-to-name-2-new-directors-as-4-others-to-stand-down/|accessdate=11 October 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=7 February 2012}}</ref>

==Education and career==
Webb received his Bachelor's Degree in criminal justice from [Florida Atlantic University](/source/Florida_Atlantic_University).<ref name="HuffPo Profile" /> After graduation, he took a security guard job at [IBM](/source/IBM).<ref name="Webb Foundation About Us">{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.webbfamilyfoundation.org/about-us|work=Webb Family Foundation Website|publisher=Webb Family Foundation|accessdate=11 October 2012}}</ref> He later held management and leadership positions at [Bay Networks](/source/Bay_Networks), Quantum Corporation, and [Thomas-Conrad Corporation](/source/Thomas-Conrad) and was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at [Gateway, Inc](/source/Gateway%2C_Inc).

From 1999 to 2006, Webb held various titles at eBay, including President of Technology and Chief Operating Officer.<ref name="NYT DealBook 2/12" /> During his tenure, eBay grew from $140 million in revenue to over $4.5 billion in 2005 as the employee base expanded from 250 to more than 12,000.<ref name="eCommerce Bytes">{{cite web|last=Steiner|first=Ina|title=Former eBay COO Maynard Webb Joins LiveOps As CEO|url=http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m12/i21/s04|work=News|publisher=eCommerce Bytes|accessdate=11 October 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034543/http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m12/i21/s04|url-status=dead}}</ref> 

During that time, LiveOps was named one of [Forbes](/source/Forbes)’ Ten Hot Start-Ups (2009),<ref name="Forbes Hot Start-ups">{{cite news|last=Caulfield |first=Brian |title=Ten Hot Start-ups |url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/12/03/zynga-facebook-twitter-technology-breakthroughs-startups_slide_10.html |work=Entrepreneurs |publisher=Forbes |accessdate=11 October 2012 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130123125023/http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/03/zynga-facebook-twitter-technology-breakthroughs-startups_slide_10.html |archivedate=23 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> expanded into the enterprise market, generated more capital than it had originally raised, and expanded its board with executives from [Symantec](/source/NortonLifeLock), [Hewlett-Packard](/source/Hewlett-Packard), [PeopleSoft](/source/PeopleSoft), and eBay.<ref name="WSJ VentureWire">{{cite news|last=Barry|first=David|title=The $100 Million Revenue Club: LiveOps Checks Off IPO Boxes|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2010/04/01/the-100-million-revenue-club-liveops-checks-off-ipo-boxes/|work=VentureWire Series|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=11 October 2012}}</ref>

==Writing==
With Carlye Adler, Webb authored a [New York Times](/source/New_York_Times) best-selling<ref name="The New York Times" /> book entitled ''Rebooting Work: Transform How You Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship'', which was published in January 2013.<ref name="Amazon.com" /> The book focuses on how work models developed a century ago are out of sync today, identifies four mindsets about work, and explains how to leverage technology to change how we work.<ref name="Amazon.com" /> Over the years, Webb has blogged about entrepreneurship and work in the Internet economy.<ref name="HuffPo Profile">{{cite web|title=Maynard Webb|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maynard-webb|work=Blogger Profile|publisher=The Huffington Post|accessdate=11 October 2012}}</ref> Webb's second book, ''Dear Founder: Letters of Advice for Anyone Who Leads, Manages, or Wants to Start a Business'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-25019-564-7 | title=Nonfiction Book Review: Dear Founder: Letters of Advice for Anyone Who Leads, Manages, or Wants to Start a Business by Maynard Webb, Carlye Adler | date=4 September 2018 }}</ref> with a Foreword by Howard Schultz, former executive chairman and CEO of [Starbucks](/source/Starbucks), was published by [St. Martin's Press](/source/St._Martin's_Press) on September 11, 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250195647|title=Dear Founder {{!}} Maynard Webb {{!}} Macmillan|work=US Macmillan|access-date=2018-07-23|language=en-US}}</ref> 

==Investments==
In 2010, he founded Webb Investment Network (WIN) for early-stage investing in [ecommerce](/source/Electronic_commerce), [mobile](/source/Mobile_computing), [cloud computing](/source/cloud_computing), and enterprise startups.<ref name="TechCrunch Sept 2012" /> Startups that WIN funds have access to a network of 89 industry experts from companies such as [Google](/source/Google), [PayPal](/source/PayPal), [Oracle](/source/Oracle_Corporation), and [Hewlett-Packard](/source/Hewlett-Packard).<ref name="TechCrunch Sept 2012" /><ref name="WIN Team" /> The network was built from Webb’s business connections.<ref name="TechCrunch Sept 2012" /> WIN is considered to be part of a trend of smaller, early-stage funds that are indirectly challenging the traditional venture capital model.<ref name="TechCrunch Sept 2012" />

==Philanthropy==
Webb and his wife Irene founded the Webb Family Foundation in 2004,<ref name="Webb Foundation About Us" /> an organization dedicated to “promoting [meritocracy](/source/meritocracy) through helping underdogs in society meet their full potential.”<ref name="HuffPo Giving Back">{{cite news|last=Webb|first=Maynard|title=The Power of Giving Back: Nothing "Yeah, But" About It|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maynard-webb/the-power-of-giving-back_b_665374.html|work=The Blog|publisher=The Huffington Post|accessdate=11 October 2012|date=30 July 2010}}</ref> Through grants, the foundation has supported disaster relief, youth mentoring, cancer research, education, and other organizations.<ref name="Webb Foundation Grants">{{cite web|title=Recent Grants|url=http://www.webbfamilyfoundation.org/recent-grants|work=Webb Family Foundation Website|publisher=Webb Family Foundation|accessdate=11 October 2012|archive-date=5 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105120453/http://www.webbfamilyfoundation.org/recent-grants|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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