We can put our head in the sand and continue to lose jobs overseas and to other states, or we can say, 'You know what? We are not going to lose another job from California, and we're going to be the very best place to start and grow a business.' So I'll be the chief sales officer for California businesses.

They have two sons. According to final reports Whitman spent $144 million from her own personal funds. The comment came in connection with the disclosure that her campaign had paid far above market rates for advertising on a conservative political blog.

3 billion in 2010 Meg Whitman spent more of her own money on the race than any other political candidate spent on a single election in American history spending $144 million total of her own fortune and $178. Margaret Cushing "Meg" Whitman (born August 4 1956) is an American business executive. In the 1990s Meg Whitman served as an executive for DreamWorks Procter & Gamble and Hasbro.