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

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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 ...

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

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   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...

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4. www.bloomberg.com › profiles › jeffrey-s-skollBloomberg Billionaires Index - Jeff Skoll

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   Overview. Skoll is the founder and chairman of Participant Media, a media company based in Beverly Hills. Prior to that, he was the first full-time employee of EBay, the online...

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6. www.gsb.stanford.edu › insights › jeff-skollsJeff Skoll’s Philanthropy Focuses on World’s Biggest ...

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   Oct 24, 2012 · Jeffrey Skoll (MBA ’95), the first president of eBay, urges Stanford GSB graduates to define their dreams and chase them with rigor and authenticity.

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Skoll_FoundationSkoll Foundation - Wikipedia

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   The Skoll Foundation is a private foundation based in Palo Alto, California. The foundation makes grants and investments intended to reduce global poverty. Jeffrey Skoll created the foundation in 1999.

   Year	Organization	Awardee (s)
   2020	International Council on Clean ...	Drew Kodjak [102]
   2020	Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting ...	Drew Sullivan Paul Radu [102]
   2020	Glasswing International	Celina de Sola Ken Baker [102]
   2020	Centre for Tech and Civil Life	Tiana Epps-Johnson Whitney May Donny ...

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   • Formation: 1999

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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.

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   Why did Jeff Skoll start a film company?

   • Cue Jeff Skoll. Skoll—a billionaire by way of eBay, where he was the first president—wanted to start a film-production company that would foster social change. Movies seemed an opportune way to draw attention to the world’s problems and inspire viewers to address them.

   Jeff Skoll’s Philanthropy Focuses on World’s Biggest Challenges

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   What is the Skoll Foundation?

   • The core enterprise is the Skoll Foundation, which since 1999 has awarded some $300 million to an international brigade of social entrepreneurs and organizations.

   Jeff Skoll’s Philanthropy Focuses on World’s Biggest Challenges

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   Where does Steve Skoll live?

   • That turned out to mean Stanford, followed by a cyber flea market dubbed eBay. The Skoll Foundation is headquartered in Palo Alto, but Skoll, who became a U.S. citizen in 2007, lives in Beverly Hills to better shepherd the movie ventures. Not surprisingly, his travel is sometimes glamorous.

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9. www.insidephilanthropy.com › home › 2021/10/19Inside a Coordinated Response to COVID ... - Inside Philanthropy

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   Oct 19, 2021 · In April of 2020—still early days in the pandemic—Jeff Skoll announced a $100 million gift to the foundation specifically to fund both “marathon and sprint” efforts to fight COVID-19 globally. The gift quadrupled the foundation’s year-to-year grantmaking, which stood at $51.8 million in 2019.

10. skoll.org › 2021/10/21 › inside-a-coordinatedSkoll | Inside a Coordinated Response to COVID From a ...

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    Oct 21, 2021 · Inside Philanthropy recently published an in-depth look at Jeff Skoll’s longstanding commitment to pandemic prevention and preparedness and the Skoll Foundation’s COVID-19 and health system strengthening work.