Jeff Skoll

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entrepreneur film producer human philanthropist

Jeff Skoll is a Canadian-born entrepreneur, film producer, and philanthropist best known as eBay’s first president and for founding Participant Media and the Skoll Foundation to promote social change.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	entrepreneur → film producer → human → philanthropist →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering → MBA →
awardReceived	Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award → Order of Canada → Producers Guild of America Stanley Kramer Award (via Participant Media films) →
countryOfBirth	Canada →
countryOfCitizenship	Canada → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1965-01-16 →
educatedAt	Stanford Graduate School of Business → University of Toronto →
employer	eBay →
endTime	2001 →
familyName	Skoll →
founded	Capricorn Investment Group → Participant Media → Skoll Foundation → Skoll Global Threats Fund → Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship →
givenName	Jeffrey →
industry	film → philanthropy → technology →
knownFor	being the first president of eBay → founding Participant Media → founding the Skoll Foundation →
name	Jeff Skoll →
netWorthStatus	billionaire →
notableWork	An Inconvenient Truth → Capricorn Investment Group → Charlie Wilson's War → Contagion → Food, Inc. → Good Night, and Good Luck → Lincoln → Murderball → North Country → Participant Media → Skoll Foundation → Skoll Global Threats Fund → Skoll World Forum → Spotlight → Syriana → The Cove → The Help → The Kite Runner → The Visitor → Waiting for Superman →
philanthropicFocus	climate change → economic opportunity → global health → peace and security → social entrepreneurship →
placeOfBirth	Montreal →
positionHeld	President of eBay →
residence	Palo Alto NERFINISHED →
startTime	1996 →
website	https://participantmedia.com → https://skoll.org →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
eBay →	founder
Jeff Skoll →	name