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This excerpt taken from the EBAY DEF 14A filed Mar 19, 2009. Pierre
M. Omidyar
Pierre M. Omidyar, age 41, founded eBay as a sole
proprietorship in September 1995. He has been a director and
Chairman of the Board since eBay’s incorporation in May
1996 and also served as its Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Financial Officer, and President from inception to February
1998, November 1997 and August 1996, respectively. Prior to
founding eBay, Mr. Omidyar was a developer services
engineer at General Magic, a mobile communications platform
company, from December 1994 to July 1996. Mr. Omidyar
co-founded Ink Development Corp. (later renamed eShop) in May
1991 and served as a software engineer there from May 1991 to
September 1994. Prior to co-founding Ink, Mr. Omidyar was a
developer for Claris, a subsidiary of Apple Inc., and for other
Macintosh-oriented software development companies.
Mr. Omidyar is currently co-founder and chairman of Omidyar
Network, a philanthropic investment firm committed to creating
opportunity for individuals to improve
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their lives. He serves on the Board of Trustees of Tufts
University, Omidyar-Tufts Microfinance Fund, the Santa Fe
Institute and the Punahou School, and as a director of Meetup,
Inc. Mr. Omidyar holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science
from Tufts University.
This excerpt taken from the EBAY DEF 14A filed Apr 28, 2008. Pierre
M. Omidyar
Pierre M. Omidyar, age 40, founded eBay as a sole
proprietorship in September 1995. He has been a director and
Chairman of the Board since eBay’s incorporation in May
1996 and also served as its Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Financial Officer, and President from inception to February
1998, November 1997 and August 1996, respectively. Prior to
founding eBay, Mr. Omidyar was a developer services
engineer at General Magic, a mobile communications platform
company, from December 1994 to July 1996. Mr. Omidyar
co-founded Ink Development Corp. (later renamed eShop) in May
1991 and served as a software engineer there from May 1991 to
September
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1994. Prior to co-founding Ink, Mr. Omidyar was a developer
for Claris, a subsidiary of Apple Inc., and for other
Macintosh-oriented software development companies.
Mr. Omidyar is currently co-founder and chairman of Omidyar
Network, a philanthropic investment firm committed to creating
opportunity for individuals to improve their lives. He serves on
the Board of Trustees of Tufts University, Omidyar-Tufts
Microfinance Fund, the Santa Fe Institute and the Punahou
School, and as a director of Meetup, Inc. Mr. Omidyar holds
a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Tufts University.
This excerpt taken from the EBAY DEF 14A filed Apr 30, 2007. Pierre
M. Omidyar
Pierre M. Omidyar, age 39, founded eBay as a sole
proprietorship in September 1995. He has been a director and
Chairman of the Board since eBay’s incorporation in May
1996 and also served as its Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Financial Officer, and President from inception to February
1998, November 1997 and August 1996, respectively. Prior to
founding eBay, Mr. Omidyar was a developer services
engineer at General Magic, a mobile communications platform
company, from December 1994 to July 1996. Mr. Omidyar
co-founded Ink Development
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Corp. (later renamed eShop) in May 1991 and served as a software
engineer there from May 1991 to September 1994. Prior to
co-founding Ink, Mr. Omidyar was a developer for Claris, a
subsidiary of Apple Computer, and for other Macintosh-oriented
software development companies. Mr. Omidyar is currently
co-founder and chairman of Omidyar Network, a mission-based
organization committed to creating opportunity for individuals
to improve the quality of their lives. He also serves on the
Board of Trustees of Tufts University and the Santa Fe
Institute, and as a director of Meetup, Inc. Mr. Omidyar
holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Tufts University.
This excerpt taken from the EBAY DEF 14A filed Apr 26, 2006. Pierre
M. Omidyar
Pierre M. Omidyar, age 38, founded eBay as a sole
proprietorship in September 1995. He has been a director and
Chairman of the Board since eBay’s incorporation in May
1996 and also served as its Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Financial Officer, and President from inception to February
1998, November 1997 and August 1996, respectively. Prior to
founding eBay, Mr. Omidyar was a developer services
engineer at General Magic, a mobile communications platform
company, from December 1994 to July 1996. Mr. Omidyar
co-founded Ink Development Corp. (later renamed eShop) in May
1991 and served as a software engineer there from May 1991 to
September 1994. Prior to co-founding Ink, Mr. Omidyar was a
developer for Claris, a subsidiary for Apple Computer, and for
other Macintosh-oriented software development companies.
Mr. Omidyar is currently Chairman and CEO of Omidyar
Network, a mission-based investment group committed to fostering
individual self-empowerment on a global scale. He also serves on
the Board of Trustees of Tufts University and the Santa Fe
Institute, and as a director of Meetup Inc. Mr. Omidyar
holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Tufts University.
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