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Jeffrey Stuart Skoll, OC (born January 16, 1965) is a Canadian engineer, billionaire internet entrepreneur and film producer. He was the first president of eBay, eventually using the wealth this gave him to become a philanthropist, particularly through the Skoll Foundation, and his media company Participant Media. He founded an investment firm ...
Over the last 20 years, Jeff Skoll has created an innovative portfolio of philanthropic and commercial enterprises, each of which is a distinctive lever for achieving transformational social change. The Jeff Skoll Group helps oversee, connect, and drive strategic initiatives across the family of Jeff’s organizations, which include the Skoll ...
Apr 16, 2024 · On Tuesday, the company’s founder and financial lifeline, the eBay billionaire Jeff Skoll, pulled the plug — a decision based, at least in part, on the atrophying entertainment business.
Jeff Skoll. Jeff Skoll built his fortune as eBay's first full-time hire and president in 1995; he left eBay in 2001, three years after its IPO. His Skoll Foundation quadrupled its grants to...
Apr 16, 2024 · Jeff Skoll. Participant, the activist film and television studio that has financed Oscar winners such as Spotlight and socially conscious documentaries including Food, Inc and Waiting For...
Jun 20, 2017 · When eBay’s IPO transported Jeff Skoll, the company’s first full-time employee and president, to extraordinary wealth, he began to deliberate the best ways to return his wealth to society.
Sep 14, 2015 · Now 50 years old, Mr. Skoll — who was born in Montreal and attended college in Toronto — took over as chief executive in April, with the abrupt resignation of then-chief executive, Jim Berk.
