LivingSocial Taps eBay Exec to Right the Ship

Gautam Thakar brings marketing expertise

Seven months after Tim O’Shaughnessy said he would step down as LivingSocial CEO, the deals company has named Gautam Thakar as his replacement.

Thakar has spent nearly the last decade working a handful of executive positions for eBay—so he brings plenty of online shopping expertise to the table. He also served as a Procter & Gamble brand manager from 1995-2000.

And a wealth of marketing wisdom will probably be needed to get LivingSocial back on track.

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