George T. Shaheen an American businessman

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, was chief executive

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 at management consulting firm Andersen Consulting from 1989 to 1999, before moving on to now-defunct online grocer Webvan

Webvan

Webvan was an online "credit and delivery" grocery business that went bankrupt in 2001. It was headquartered in Foster City, California, USA, near Silicon Valley. It delivered products to customers' homes within a 30-minute window of their choosing. At its peak, it offered service in ten U.S...

. His Webvan employment agreement, signed September 19, 1999 was filed with the SEC

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. By going to Webvan, Shaheen missed out on the windfall of the Accenture initial public offering

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. He holds a master's degree in finance from Bradley University

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Shaheen is an American of Lebanese descent.

Shaheen was CEO of Siebel Systems

Siebel Systems

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, Inc. and served as CEO when it merged with Oracle

Oracle Corporation

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. He did not stay on with Oracle after the merger.

Cultural references

George Shaheen was the target of parody in the comic Bigtime Consulting

Bigtime Consulting

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, which had a very similar CEO character named George Unseen.