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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jeffrey_SkollJeffrey Skoll - Wikipedia

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   Jeffrey Skoll. 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.

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4. variety.com › 2024 › filmParticipant Shuts Down: Film Studio Behind Spotlight, Green Book

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   Apr 16, 2024 · 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 broke the news to a ...

5. www.hollywoodreporter.com › business › business-newsWhat Happened to Jeff Skoll's Participant Media

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   Apr 19, 2024 · Skoll was interested in using his wealth, which today Forbes estimates at $4.5 billion, to make a major philanthropic impact, and founded The Skoll Foundation in 1999 to fight global poverty. In ...

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   Who is Jeff Skoll?

   • "Billionaire Jeff Skoll joins Monumental Sports as minority investor". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 28, 2022. ^ Rainey, James (May 31, 2015). "Jeff Skoll Aims to Fix Participant's 'Broken' Parts". Variety. Retrieved November 23, 2020. ^ " 'ROMA' Producer, Billionaire Jeff Skoll Files for Divorce". The Blast. January 16, 2019.

   Jeffrey Skoll - Wikipedia

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   What happened to Jeff Skoll?

   • When Variety broke the news Tuesday that billionaire Jeff Skoll ’s 20-year-old company will shut down — after fetching 21 Oscars and introducing a business model that prioritized social impact a bit more than profits – many in the industry were rattled.

   Hollywood Mourns Participant, the Oscar-Winning Studio that Wanted t…

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   Who is Mr Skoll?

   • Mr. Skoll has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into Participant since its founding in 2004. The company, working with partners like DreamWorks, found critical and commercial success with movies like “The Help” (2011), focused on racial reconciliation, and “Spotlight” (2015), about a newspaper’s investigation into child abuse.

   Participant, Maker of Films With Social Conscience, Calls It Quits

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   Did Skoll sell participant?

   • Though the closure caught most of Hollywood by surprise, Skoll had been quietly exploring selling Participant for over a year, according to two sources with knowledge of the conversations, and had approached Laurene Powell Jobs and eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.

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7. skoll.org › about › meet-jeff-skollSkoll | Meet Jeff Skoll

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   The Skoll Global Threats Fund sunset in 2017. Jeff holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2012. Jeff’s other honors include the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy (2017), Jefferson Award's S ...

8. variety.com › 2024 › filmHollywood Mourns Participant, Studio that Wanted to Save the ...

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   Apr 19, 2024 · When Variety broke the news Tuesday that billionaire Jeff Skoll’s 20-year-old company will shut down — after fetching 21 Oscars and introducing a business model that prioritized social impact ...

9. www.forbes.com › profile › jeff-skollJeff Skoll - Forbes

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   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 $200 million in ...

10. www.nytimes.com › participant-jeff-skollParticipant, Maker of Films With Social Conscience, Calls It ...

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    Apr 16, 2024 · Mr. Skoll has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into Participant since its founding in 2004. The company, working with partners like DreamWorks, found critical and commercial success with ...

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