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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) [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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3. skoll.org › about › meet-jeff-skollSkoll | Meet Jeff Skoll

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   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.

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

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   Apr 19, 2024 · Jeff Skoll. Oscars 2019. Participant Media. Jeff Skoll closed Participant Media after trying to sell the company behind movies like Green Book, Roma and An Inconvenient Truth for over a...

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

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   4 days ago · Jeff Skoll. $4.5B. $16M (0.35%) Real Time Net Worth. as of 5/10/24. #706 in the world today. Photo by Tim Pannell/The Forbes Collection. About Jeff Skoll. Jeff Skoll built his fortune...

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

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   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.

10. 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...