Pierre Omidyar

Founder

eBay Board Committees: None

Other Public Company Boards: Paypal Holdings Inc. (since 2015)

Technology Industry Experience: Pierre Omidyar has extensive experience as a technologist and innovator in our industry. His knowledge of the industry and long history of driving innovation provides important expertise to our company that is technology driven and focused on innovation.

Leadership: As the founder of eBay, Omidyar brings to the Board a deep understanding of the business and a long-standing history as a leader within our company and the technology industry.

In addition to eBay, Mr. Omidyar has also founded several other innovative businesses, including the Omidyar Network and First Look Media. His extensive experiences as an entrepreneur are particularly relevant to our nimble, fast-changing businesses.

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Pierre Omidyar

Chairman of eBay

Pierre Morad Omidyar is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the founder of the eBay auction site where he served as chairman from 1998 to 2015. He became a billionaire at the age of 31 with eBay's 1998 initial public offering. Wikipedia

Born: June 21, 1967 (age 50), Paris, France

Net worth: 9.3 billion USD (2017) Forbes

Spouse: Pamela Kerr

Residence: Henderson, Nevada, U.S.

Parents: Elahé Mir-Djalali Omidyar

Education: Tufts University (1988), St. Andrew's Episcopal School