Pierre Omidyar

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billionaire businessperson entrepreneur philanthropist

Pierre Omidyar is a French-born Iranian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for creating the online auction platform eBay and later founding the Omidyar Network to support social impact initiatives.

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Label Occurrences
Pierre Omidyar canonical 10
Omidyar 1
Pierre Morad Omidyar 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf billionaire ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
almaMater Tufts College ⓘ
surface form: Tufts University
AuctionWebRenamedAs eBay ⓘ
birthDate 1967-06-21 ⓘ
birthPlace Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
boardMemberOf eBay ⓘ
citizenship France ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
created eBay ⓘ
surface form: AuctionWeb
degree Bachelor of Science in Computer Science ⓘ
educatedAt Tufts College ⓘ
surface form: Tufts University
ethnicOrigin Iranian peoples ⓘ
surface form: Iranian
familyName Pierre Omidyar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Omidyar
founded First Look Media ⓘ
Honolulu Civil Beat ⓘ
Omidyar Network ⓘ
eBay ⓘ
fullName Pierre Omidyar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pierre Morad Omidyar
givenName Pierre ⓘ
graduationYear 1988 ⓘ
industry impact investing ⓘ
online marketplaces ⓘ
technology ⓘ
knownFor founding Omidyar Network ⓘ
founding eBay ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
nationality Iranian-American ⓘ
notableFor pioneering online person-to-person auctions ⓘ
notableWork creation of the original AuctionWeb site ⓘ
occupation entrepreneur ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
philanthropicFocus civic engagement ⓘ
digital rights and privacy ⓘ
education ⓘ
financial inclusion ⓘ
government transparency ⓘ
journalism and media ⓘ
social impact investing ⓘ
philanthropicOrganization Omidyar Network ⓘ
surface form: Omidyar Group

Omidyar Network ⓘ
residence California, United States ⓘ
Hawaii ⓘ
surface form: Hawaii, United States
role chairman emeritus of eBay ⓘ
founder of eBay ⓘ
spouse Pam Omidyar ⓘ

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eBay → founder → Pierre Omidyar ⓘ
eBay → keyPerson → Pierre Omidyar ⓘ
Pierre Omidyar → fullName → Pierre Omidyar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pierre Morad Omidyar
Pierre Omidyar → familyName → Pierre Omidyar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Omidyar
Omidyar Network → foundedBy → Pierre Omidyar ⓘ
Omidyar Network → hasFounder → Pierre Omidyar ⓘ
Omidyar Network → hasKeyPerson → Pierre Omidyar ⓘ
First Look Media → foundedBy → Pierre Omidyar ⓘ
First Look Media → backedBy → Pierre Omidyar ⓘ
First Look Media → hasKeyPerson → Pierre Omidyar ⓘ
Pam Omidyar → spouse → Pierre Omidyar ⓘ
Pam Omidyar → partnerInBusinessWith → Pierre Omidyar ⓘ