Rank #256
Pierre Omidyar
Net worth $12.3B
EBay, PayPal · United States
- Born
- Jun 21, 1967
- Age
- 58
- Source
- EBay, PayPal
- Residence
- Honolulu, Hawaii
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Tufts University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Pierre Omidyar founded online auction firm eBay in 1995 and served on its board until 2020.
- In 2002 eBay bought online payments firm PayPal and spun it off in 2014. From 2005 to 2020, Omidyar gifted at least 9.6 million eBay shares per year.
- Through the Omidyar Network, launched in 2004, he and his spouse Pam have put over $1.5 billion into impact investments and nonprofits.
- A resident of Hawaii, Omidyar owns stakes in resort properties in California and Mexico and is developing real estate in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
- He's also the founder of First Look Media, the parent company of online news site The Intercept and the entertainment company Topic Studios.
- Born in France to Iranian parents, Omidyar moved to the U.S. with his family at age 6.
- He wrote code for his website, Auction Web, at age 28 and renamed it eBay after his first choice, Echo Bay, was already taken.
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