eBay Exec Gautam Thakar To CEO At LivingSocial

LivingSocial has announced that Gautam Thakar will be joining the company as its new Chief Executive Officer and President. He will assume the role previously held by Tim O’Shaughnessy, who announced earlier this year his intention to step down. Thakar joins LivingSocial from eBay Inc., where he has spent over a decade in general management and leadership roles. As CEO of Shopping.com (an eBay acquisition), he drove the transformation to a data-driven, demand-generating advertising business, which he leads in his current role as GM for eBay’s overall Advertising business. Previously, he served as the head of International Marketing for eBay and as country manager of eBay India. Gautam joined eBay when it acquired India’s leading ecommerce startup which he helped scale in his role as CMO. Thakar started his career in brand management at Procter & Gamble in Asia.