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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, he is the founder of eBay, where he served as chairman from 1998 to 2015. Omidyar and his wife Pamela founded Omidyar Network in 2004.
Jun 2, 2024 · About Pierre Omidyar. Pierre Omidyar founded online auction firm eBay in 1995 and now serves on the company's board. In 2002 eBay bought online payments firm PayPal and spun it off...
Apr 2, 2014 · Pierre Omidyar is the founder and chairman of eBay. Omidyar graduated from Tufts University in 1988 with a degree in computer science and worked for both Macintosh and Apple before...
An early internet pioneer, Pierre founded eBay in 1995, transforming the way people thought about trust. Improving systems and challenging what’s possible continues to drive Pierre’s work and inspire the diverse collection of organizations, initiatives, and ventures of The Omidyar Group.
Feb 4, 2022 · Today, Pierre Omidyar is hailed as the architect of a new age of digital commerce, but the founder of eBay, the world's largest personal online trading community, became a web entrepreneur almost by accident. In 1995, he created the prototype for an online auction site as an experiment on his personal web page.
4 days ago · Overview. Omidyar is the founder of EBay, an online marketplace with about 134 million active buyers and about 1.7 billion live listings. The San Jose-based company facilitated the sale of $74...
Founded by Pierre and Pam Omidyar, The Omidyar Group is a diverse collection of companies, organizations and initiatives, each guided by its own approach, but all united by a common desire to catalyze social impact.
Oct 21, 2013 · Oct. 20, 2013. Pierre M. Omidyar, the founder of eBay and now a philanthropist, has been much in the news after it was revealed last week that he would be backing a general-interest news site...
Canadian Mark Fraser purchased the first item that eBay founder Pierre Omidyar listed on the site in 1995 -- a broken laser pointer.
Pierre Omidyar founded eBay as a young entrepreneur and currently serves on the board of directors. Today, the company connects nearly 170 million buyers and sellers in over 190 countries.
