BizJournals Portfolio
Apr 17 2008 12:00am EDT

Meg, Finally Looking Right About Skype

When eBay reported first quarter earnings, one element stood out: Skype grew 61% in a year and now has 309 million registered users. Just-departed eBay CEO Meg Whitman has had to justify the Skype deal since the day in 2005 she agreed to buy it for $2.6 billion.

You can read her most recent comments about it in this Q&A with my Portfolio colleague Amy Wallace. But finally, it's looking like Meg knew what she was getting into.

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