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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. As of 2023, Forbes ranked Omidyar as the 245th-richest person in the ...
omidyar.com. 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 ...
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 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 ...
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.
Forbes says he bought most of it in 2012 for about $300 million. Other notables: eBay founder Pierre Omidyar ($9 billion) Melaleuca, Inc.
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."
History Pierre Omidyar launched Civil Beat in May 2010 with a subscription paywall. [3][4] Its founding editor was Pulitzer Prize winning journalist John Temple, former editor and publisher of the Rocky Mountain News. [5][6] When Temple left to take a position at The Washington Post in 2009, journalist Patti Epler was promoted to executive editor.