Patrick Kolek

BIO

Patrick Kolek, born on January 24, 1971, graduated from Santa Clara University in California (USA) in 1993 and holds a B.S. degree in commerce. Patrick Kolek started his career within the corporate finance and audit divisions at Ernst & Young in 1993, where he was employed as certified public accountant until 1999. From 1999 to 2004 Patrick Kolek worked at Novellus Systems, most recently as corporate controller, before he maintained various positions within eBay, Inc. from 2004 to 2014, most recently as vice president and chief financial officer at eBay International between 2013 and 2014. Since 2014, Patrick Kolek holds a position as group chief operating officer at Naspers Limited.