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Fervo Energy adds former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, other leaders to board.

What happened

Meg Whitman leaves eBay Inc. as CEO.

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Fervo Energy adds former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, other leaders to board. Apr 15, 2026, 8:30 am Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay, Hewlett-Packard and HPE, has joined the Fervo board as lead independent director. Photo courtesy of U.S. State Department As it prepares for a highly anticipated IPO, Houston-based geothermal power provider Fervo Energy has added four heavyweights to its board of directors. The most notable new board member is Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay, Hewlett-Packard, and Spring-based HPE, and former U.S. ambassador to Kenya. She joined the Fervo board as lead independent director. One of the other high-profile new board members at Fervo is Jessica Uhl. She was chief financial officer of Shell from 2017 to 2022 and spent a little over a year as president of GE Vernova, a GE energy spinoff. She is a former board member of GE, Goldman Sachs and Shell. Today, Uhl advises investment firms on energy matters. Another energy industry veteran, Trey Lowe, also joined the Fervo board. Lowe is senior vice president and chief technology officer at oil and gas producer Devon Energy, a Fervo investor that's moving its headquarters from Oklahoma City to Houston. Before Devon, Lowe worked in the U.S. and Norway for Houston-based energy technology company SLB. The fourth new director at Fervo is Robert Keehan, who spent 37 years at professional services firm PwC. He...

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Event
Executive departure

What this signalsA leader's exit often changes who makes buying decisions.

Person
Meg WhitmanCEO

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  • Meg WhitmanCEO · Named in the story

Details

Category
Leaves

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Job title tags

  • directors

Extraction

Confidence
38%
Detected
Apr 15, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
leaves

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    "title": "Fervo Energy adds former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, other leaders to board.",
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    "excerpt": "Fervo Energy adds former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, other leaders to board.\n\nApr 15, 2026, 8:30 am\n\nMeg Whitman, former CEO of eBay, Hewlett-Packard and HPE, has joined the Fervo board as lead independent director. Photo courtesy of U.S. State Department\n\nAs it prepares for a highly anticipated IPO, Houston-based geothermal power provider Fervo Energy has added four heavyweights to its board of directors.\n\nThe most notable new board member is Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay, Hewlett-Packard, and Spring-based HPE, and former U.S. ambassador to Kenya. She joined the Fervo board as lead independent director.\n\nOne of the other high-profile new board members at Fervo is Jessica Uhl. She was chief financial officer of Shell from 2017 to 2022 and spent a little over a year as president of GE Vernova, a GE energy spinoff. She is a former board member of GE, Goldman Sachs and Shell. Today, Uhl advises investment firms on energy matters.\n\nAnother energy industry veteran, Trey Lowe, also joined the Fervo board. Lowe is senior vice president and chief technology officer at oil and gas producer Devon Energy, a Fervo investor that's moving its headquarters from Oklahoma City to Houston. Before Devon, Lowe worked in the U.S. and Norway for Houston-based energy technology company SLB.\n\nThe fourth new director at Fervo is Robert Keehan, who spent 37 years at professional services firm PwC. He most...",
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