— LivingSocial (@LivingSocial) July 15, 2014 Previously, Thakar served as CEO of Shopping.com and served as an executive with eBay Inc., first as head of interrnational marketing for eBay and country manager of eBay India, and then as GM for eBay’s overall advertising business. Thakar will transition this new role with LivingSocial by mid-August, while O’Shaughnessy will remain as an advisor to the company to assist with the transition. Read more about the appointment of LivingSocial’s new CEO here. At a Tech Cocktail DC Sessions event last year, O’Shaughnessy opined that LivingSocial was still a giant startup, constantly on the path of figuring things out. You can watch that below:
