Martin Tschopp

CEO

2020

COO

2017 - 2020

CEO

2015 - 2017

VP & GM eBay Advertising

2014 - 2015

Leading eBay's advertising business in North America and the global shopping.com business. Full P&L ownership of online advertising on ebay.com desktop site & mobile aps: direct and programmatic display sales as well as text advertising. Full P&L and product & technology ownership of product listing ads business (eBay Commerce Network), and audience targeting business leveraging eBay commerce data (eBay Audience Platform).

VP eBay Germany

2012 - 2014

General manager role with increasing scope over time: eventually leading all of eBay’s marketplaces businesses in Germany (full P&L ownership of organization with 600+ people across portfolio of 4 unique businesses): eBay, eBay Kleinanzeigen (largest general classifieds site in Germany), brands4friends (fashion flash sales) and mobile.de (largest automotive classifieds site in Germany). Initial responsibilities included the development of buyers and professional sellers on ebay.de

GM mobile.de & eBay Classifieds Central Europe

2009 - 2012

As General Manager of an organization of 200+ people, I was responsible for all domestic and international business operations, ranging from pricing, sales & marketing, brand development, product & technology, customer support, to finance & strategy of mobile.international GmbH. This company owns and operates automotive classifieds sites in 9 languages in Germany (mobile.de), France (automobile.fr), Italy (automobile.it), Poland (mobile.eu), and Romania (mobile.ro). mobile.de is Germany’s leading automotive classifieds site with more than 35,000 registered car dealers, 1.4 million available listings, and 64 million monthly website visits. mobile.de was acquired by eBay in 2004 for €121M and is now part of the eBay Classifieds Group, the global leader in online classifieds. In year 2, the scope increased and I was additionally responsible for eBay Kleinanzeigen (largest general classifieds site in Germany) and eBay annunci (#2 general classifieds site in Italy).

GM Local Classifieds

2007 - 2009

In this general management role based out of Sydney (Australia) and San Jose (California), I was initially responsible for a start-up like team of approx. 5 people and eventually for an organization of 60+ people in monetization, sales & marketing, product & technology and customer support for eBay’s local classifieds (Kijiji & Gumtree brands) initially for 7 and eventually for 12 countries globally (US, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Poland, Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Taiwan, Japan; India & China until spin-off to local partners).

Strategy Director

2006 - 2007

Led various corporate, marketplaces, classifieds, & Skype strategy projects including a pricing project delivering $30M in additional revenue. Reported to eBay’s chief strategy officer. Managed 2 direct reports.

Partner

2005 - 2005

I was a founding partner of this Zurich, Switzerland based private equity firm dedicated to investing in small to midsize companies.

Head of Finance

2005 - 2005

I was responsible for all finance aspects from pricing, forecasting, budgeting, accruals and monthly reports, etc. to strategy and analysis.

Strategy Manager Europe

2003 - 2005

My focus in this post was pricing, new business (e.g., online classifieds), country strategies, and motors strategy.

Manager Corporate Development / M&A

2002 - 2003

In this position I was involved in due diligence & post-merger planning / integration during acquisitions of Airborne Express (US) and Maine Logistics Loomis (Canada).

Consultant

2000 - 2002

My specialist area as a consultant for Bain & Company in San Francisco was private equity / VC (due diligence, screening & analysis of potential deal targets) in high tech, biotech, & internet space; consumer goods (retail & sourcing strategy), and insurance (corporate strategy)

Associate

1997 - 1998

Promoted from Junior Associate after one year, my area of focus was business unit strategy in the specialty chemicals industry.