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Pierre Omidyar

21 June 1967 – present

Pierre Omidyar (born 1967) is a French-born Iranian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the online marketplace eBay in 1995 and served as its chairman until 2015. With his wife Pam he established the Omidyar Network in 2004 to fund for-profit and non-profit ventures, and in 2013 he founded the news organisation First Look Media.

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Born in Paris, France
21 June 1967

Born in Paris to Iranian parents who had emigrated to France.

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Moved with his family to the United States
c. 1973

His family relocated to the Washington, D.C. area when he was a child, and he grew up in Maryland.

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Graduated from Tufts University with a degree in computer science
1988

Earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from Tufts University in Massachusetts.

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Worked at Claris, an Apple subsidiary, and co-founded Ink Development
1991

After college he worked as a developer at Claris and then co-founded Ink Development, a pen-computing startup later renamed eShop.

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Launched AuctionWeb, later renamed eBay
September 1995

Wrote the code for an online auction site over Labor Day weekend and launched it from his home in San Jose, California.

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eBay went public on NASDAQ
September 1998

The company's initial public offering made Omidyar a billionaire at the age of 31.

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Married Pamela Wesley
c. 1999

Married Pam Wesley, whom he had met at Tufts University; they later founded the Omidyar Network together.

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Founded the Omidyar Network with his wife Pam
2004

Established a philanthropic investment firm that funds both non-profit organisations and for-profit companies.

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Founded First Look Media
October 2013

Announced a new media venture, which launched the investigative news site The Intercept in 2014.

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Stepped down as chairman of eBay
July 2015

Left the eBay board when the company spun off PayPal as a separate public company.

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