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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.
eBay office in Toronto, Canada. eBay Inc. (/ ˈiːbeɪ / EE-bay, often stylized as ebay and/or Ebay) is an American multinational e-commerce company based in San Jose, California, that allows users to buy or view items via retail sales through online marketplaces and websites in 190 markets worldwide. Sales occur either via online auctions or ...
As of September 2014, eBay has acquired over 40 companies, the most expensive of which was the purchase of Skype, a Voice over Internet Protocol company, for US$ 2.6 billion in cash plus up to an additional US$1.5 billion if certain performance goals were met. [2] The majority of companies acquired by eBay are based in the United States.
Board member of. General Motors (2018-) eBay (2011–2019) Reuters (2006–11) Spouse. Cindy Lee Horowitz. Devin Norse Wenig (born 1966) [1] is an American business executive. From July 2015 to September 2019, Wenig was president and CEO of eBay. From April 2008 to August 2011, Wenig was CEO of Thomson Reuters Markets, the financial and media ...
Arthas.com - An e-commerce payment system; acquired on March 23, 2000. [8] Astrid - A task management application for Android; acquired in May 2013 and shut down on August 5, 2013. [9][10] Ask Yahoo! - A Q&A platform that was shut down in March 2006 due to the release of Yahoo! Answers.
Harvard University (MBA) Margaret Cushing Whitman (born August 4, 1956) is an American business executive, diplomat, and politician serving as the United States ambassador to Kenya since 2022. Whitman was president and chief executive officer (CEO) of eBay from 1998 to 2008. Afterwards, she became president and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise ...
Jeffrey Skoll. Jeffrey Stuart Skoll OC (born January 16, 1965) [1] is a Canadian engineer, billionaire internet entrepreneur and film producer. He was the first president of eBay, eventually using the wealth this gave him to become a philanthropist, particularly through the Skoll Foundation, and his media company Participant Media.
eBay Enterprise, Inc. (formerly GSI Commerce, Inc.) was a multinational e-commerce corporation that specialized in creating, developing and running online shopping sites for brick and mortar brands and retailers. The company also provided a variety of marketing, consumer engagement, customer care, payment processing, fulfillment, fraud ...