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Pierre Omidyar
“I don’t care about your background or where you started. I care about where you’re going”
Pierre is an entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the founder of eBay, an online platform created in 1995 that today enables more than 175 million buyers and sellers to connect and prosper over shared interests.
Driven by the idea that change is possible given the right combination of insight, innovation, talent, and timing, Pierre continues to build a diverse portfolio of philanthropic and commercial projects. Spanning a variety of categories, and addressing some of the world’s most complex issues, each of Pierre’s ventures is fuelled by his endless curiosity, faith in humankind, and passion for challenging the status quo.
