
She planned for finance, found marketing in France, and built a career around one deceptively difficult question: how should a brand make people feel? At Peloton, the answer now has to move both bodies and a business.

Margaret Cushing 'Meg' Whitman is a billionaire business executive and diplomat who transformed eBay from a 30-person startup into an $8 billion e-commerce giant, later restructured Hewlett-Packard, and served as U.S. Ambassador to Kenya. With a net worth of $4 billion, she's navigated roles from Procter & Gamble brand manager to failed California gubernatorial candidate to diplomatic envoy, making her one of the most prominent women in American business and politics.