Thursday, March 12, 2015

Hillary Clinton Drops in to Surprise eBay Execs in San Jose

Never say Hillary Clinton isn't full of surprises! She gets a big charge out of doing this sort of thing.

Hillary Clinton drops in on eBay women's summit

Marco della Cava, USA TODAY 1:26 a.m. EDT March 12, 2015
 
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SAN JOSE, Calif. – With the spotlight glowing hotter on tech company diversity numbers, eBay sought to put its best face forward at an internal women-focused conference Wednesday that drew a surprise guest in Hillary Clinton.
"If we apply Silicon Valley's successful approach to the issues of gender and inequality, I'm sure we can make progress," Clinton told 400 female and 100 male eBay executives who had gathered for the company's Women's Initiative Network Summit here.
The former Secretary of State and presumptive 2016 Democratic presidential candidate noted that a natural bias towards men in hiring and promotion "is hardwired, so we have to go the extra mile to unwrap it."
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