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Meg Whitman was hired as eBay President and CEO in March 1998. At the time, the company had 30 employees[8] half a million users and revenues of $4.7 million in the United States.[9] eBay went public on September 21, 1998,[10] and both Omidyar and Skoll became instant billionaires. eBay's target share price of $18 was all but ignored as the price went to $53.50 on the first day of trading.[11]

As the company expanded product categories beyond collectibles into almost any salable item, business grew quickly.[6] In February 2002, the company purchased IBazar, a similar European auction web site founded in 1995 and then bought PayPal on October 14, 2002.