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Apr 16, 2024 · Updated: Apr 16, 2024 / 01:46 PM MDT. Participant, the activist film and television studio that has financed Oscar winners like “Spotlight” and socially conscious documentaries like “Food, Inc,” and “Waiting For Superman” is closing its doors after 20 years. Billionaire Jeff Skoll told his staff of 100 in a memo shared with The ...
Apr 16, 2024 · By Matt Donnelly. Participant, the 20-year-old film and television production company whose mission was to inspire social justice and humanitarian action, is shutting down. Founder Jeff Skoll...
Apr 16, 2024 · Participant, the activist film and television studio that has financed Oscar winners and socially conscious documentaries, is closing its doors after 20 years. Billionaire Jeff Skoll told his staff in a memo shared with The Associated Press Tuesday that they were winding down company operations.
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.
Jeffrey Stuart Skoll, OC (born January 16, 1965) [1] 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.
3 days ago · Jeff Skoll. PROFILE. Jeff Skoll. $4.5B. $8M (0.18%) Real Time Net Worth. as of 5/28/24. #707 in the world today. Photo by Tim Pannell/The Forbes Collection. About Jeff Skoll. Jeff...
After pioneering the creation of the eBay Foundation, Jeff founded the Skoll Foundation in 1999. 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.
