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Pierre Morad Omidyar (born Parviz Morad Omidyar, June 21, 1967) is a French-born Iranian-American billionaire. A technology entrepreneur, software engineer, and philanthropist, [6] he is the founder of eBay, where he served as chairman from 1998 to 2015. [7][6] Omidyar and his wife Pamela founded Omidyar Network in 2004.
Omidyar Network is a self-styled "philanthropic investment firm," composed of a foundation and an impact investment firm. [1] Established in 2004 by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Omidyar Network has committed over US$1.5 billion to nonprofit organizations and for-profit companies across multiple investment areas. [ 4 ]
eBay was founded as AuctionWeb in California on September 3, 1995, by French-born Iranian-American computer programmer Pierre Omidyar as a hobby to make some extra money. [2] One of the first items sold on AuctionWeb was a broken laser pointer for $14.83. Astonished, Omidyar contacted the winning bidder to ask if he understood that the laser ...
The nonprofit Democracy Fund, established by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, launched the All by April campaign earlier this year. And as the month ends Tuesday, some 170 foundations, advisors and ...
Pierre Omidyar is filing a "friend of the court" brief and is trying to rally other media organizations around Gawker's cause. Finally, a Silicon Valley billionaire is standing up to Peter Thiel ...
First Look Media. First Look Media is an American nonprofit media organization founded by Pierre Omidyar in October 2013 as a venue for "original, independent journalism". [1][2] The project was started as a collaboration with Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, and Laura Poitras with a promised $250 million in funding from Omidyar. [2][3][4] The ...
The Omidyar Group [2] Website. Ulupono.com. Ulupono Initiative is a Hawai‘i -based and -focused [3] organization that uses impact investing, [4] non-profit grant-making, and advocacy [3] with the stated goals of "increasing the amount of locally produced food, renewable energy and clean transportation, and improving water and waste management."
Democracy Fund. The Democracy Fund is a charitable foundation created by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar in 2011. It has been an independent private foundation since 2014. [2] Its stated aim is to improve the democratic process in the United States so that it better benefits voters. Its activities include awarding grants to organizations it ...