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Meg Whitman is at the top of her game. She's been named one of Forbes' top five Most Powerful Women, one of Time's Digital 50, Salon calls hers one of their fave "Brilliant Careers" and Business Week calls her an Empire Builder. In short, she rocks the board room with her underplayed charm and woman-of-the-people management style. With her at the helm, eBay has gone from little company that could to one of the biggest economies anywhere.

And now. Right about the time her hand-picked COO, Maynard Webb, retires this August, Meg will turn 50. She has already been at this CEO job for eight years (equal, it should be noted, with her longest tenure ever at a job up until now), rebuffing the opportunity to be CEO of Disney and (one would imagine) any number of less-well-publicized overtures.

When I saw the news about Maynard's retirement, I thought, boy Meg has been at this job forever. And, hasn't she about done all she set out to do? And naturally, the next thing I wondered was, how long until Meg hands in her resignation? I predict it won't be long.

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