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As President of PayPal, Rajiv Dutta is responsible for building PayPal into the global standard for digital payments. PayPal enables any individual or business with an email address to send and receive payments online securely, easily and quickly. In 2006, PayPal is on a run rate to process more than $35 billion in total payment volume.

Prior to joining PayPal, Mr. Dutta was President of Skype, eBay's online voice communications business. Skype is the world's fastest-growing Internet communication company, allowing unlimited free voice, video and instant messaging communication between Skype users. With over 136 million registered users, Skype is available in 27 languages and is used in almost every country around the world.

Mr. Dutta joined Skype from eBay, where he was Chief Financial Officer. During his tenure as CFO, eBay's market capitalization increased six-fold, revenue grew from $750 million to $4.5 billion, and the employee base grew from just under 2,000 to nearly 12,000 employees. Mr. Dutta also served as Chief Strategy Officer for the company and led the New Ventures Group, which oversaw eBay's entry into the global classifieds market and the acquisition of Shopping.com. Mr. Dutta joined eBay in 1998.

Prior to eBay, Mr. Dutta was the worldwide sales controller for KLA-Tencor, overseeing the sales finance function for the company's global operations. Prior to KLA-Tencor, Mr. Dutta spent 10 years at Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., where he held a variety of positions including group controller of the Life Science Group, the largest manufacturing group in the company.

Mr. Dutta received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with honors from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University in India, and a Master of Business Administration from the Drucker School of Management, Claremont Graduate School, California.

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