Mike Linton

Chief Marketing Officer, Farmers Mike Linton is the Chief Marketing Officer for Farmers Insurance Group of Companies. Mr. Linton is also a member of the Board of Directors of Peet’s Coffee & Tea, a coffee roaster and retailer, as well as Capella Education Company, a public E-learning company. Mike was the Chief Marketing Officer at eBay, an online auction company, from December 2006 to March 2009. Prior to this, Mr. Linton was Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Best Buy Companies from January 1999 through August 2006. Mike holds a B.S.B.A. in Marketing Research from Bowling Green State University and an M.B.A. from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.