Pierre Morad Omidyar or Pierre Omidyar is known as the founder or Co-founder of Ebay.com, which is a site selling or the world's largest online auction. Pierre Omidyar was born on June 21, 1967, in Paris, France. He was born of the seed of Iran and American businesspersons. Pierre Omidyar's parents emigrated from Iran and were sent by his grandparents to go to college there. His mother Elahé Mir-Djalali Omidyar, who has earned a doctoral degree in Linguistics at the Sorbonne. His father was a surgeon, family Pierre Omidyar moved to the U.S. when Omidyar was six. Growing up in Washington, DC, interests Pierre in the computer world started at the school of Potomac, which then increases when he was in grade 9. She attended St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Potomac, Maryland. He graduated from St. Andrew's in 1984,
Omidyar hone their ability in computer programming in schools and out of school. Then, starting from the desire to help a school library in place to learn, then Omidyar compiled a catalog online. From where he acquired a fortune. From this volunteer project then his career began. Once you finish creating online catalogs, he paved the way to computer programming expert.
Omidyar graduated from Tufts University in 1988 with a B. S (Bachelor of Science) in computer science. The beginning of his career began in 1991 when the company merged with the Claris, a subsidiary of Apple Computer. There he served as a consumer software engineer. In 1994, he founded a Development Corporation Inc., later renamed eShop and experience. It is technology leadership of the trading software in the cloud. In 1996, Microsoft gained the company.
When Omidyar was twenty-eight years. He sat down to enjoy a weekend getaway while writing computer codes that will be the forerunner of the Internet auction site eBay. As well as a career in the world of programming, Omidyar is also intended to help a friend nearby to find a buyer for products sold. Again, the goal is simply to help. But then that goal turned into a prospective business. Despite the launch of eBay when there are so many obstacles and barriers, so this is the beginning of good luck for Omidyar. On Monday, September 4, 1995, the eBay site was officially launched to the public.
The word ' eBay ' created by Omidyar when he says his first choice for his website, ' echo bay ', has been registered. Do not want to do a second trip to Sacramento; he came up with the ' eBay. "The Story is often repeated that eBay was founded to help fiancée trade Piz candy dispensers was Omidyar's created by PR Manager in 1997 to interest the media. It was revealed in Adam Cohen's 2002 book and confirmed by eBay. Web auction later was renamed "eBay". The service is free at first but charged to cover the costs of your internet service provider.
Jeffrey Skoll joined the company in 1996. In March 1998, Meg Whitman was brought in as President and CEO and continued to run the company until January 2008 when he announced his retirement. In September 1998, eBay launched a successful initial public offering, making both Omidyar and Skoll billionaires. In July 2008, 178 million eBay Omidyar's shares worth about $4,450,000,000. Omidyar is also an investor of Montage Resort & Spa in Laguna Beach, California.
In 2010, Omidyar launches online news service in Honolulu civil Beat is called which covers civil affairs in Hawaii. Meanwhile, in managing eBay, Omidyar was never separated from the good values. He believed man is good. He believes that everyone has the advantage that can be given to others. Besides running eBay, Omidyar treats every person involved with the best possible. Omidyar had goals for the buyer and seller is there together formed a continuous online trading world, such as the development of eBay today.
Pierre Omidyar founded Omidyar Network, a company field of philanthropic investment. The company was founded with the goal of harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives. Founded in 2004 by Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam, the organization is engaged in investment and help analyze scale changes in the economic, social, and political.
To date, Omidyar Network has committed to donate more than $ 270 million of the company's profit and non-profit organizations to promote the economic advancement and encourage individual participation across multiple investment areas, including micro finance, property rights, government transparency, and social media. Omidyar wealth could reach $ 1,600,000,000 for the price hikes eBay shares are up 115%. EBay shares sales in 2009 reached US $ 5.4 billion and 84 million users. eBay completed the purchase of 70% of the Internet phone company Skype. From the success of eBay, Pierre Omidyar became a billionaire of the 21st century.
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