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William C. Cobb

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Effective July 3, 2008, William C. Cobb was appointed to the Board of Directors of Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. Mr. Cobb most recently served as the president of eBay North America. Since 2000, Mr. Cobb has held several senior management positions at eBay Inc., including senior vice president and general manager of eBay International and senior vice president of global marketing. He previously held a number of key positions at PepsiCo within its Tricon Global Restaurants1 (now known as YUM! Brands, Inc.), Frito Lay and Pepsi-Cola divisions. Mr. Cobb serves on the advisory board of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and is also a member of the board of directors for the non-profit Bay Harbor Foundation. Mr. Cobb holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.


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