Jeffrey Skoll

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Jeff Skoll (2013)

Jeffrey "Jeff" Skoll (born January 16, 1965 ) is a Canadian living in the United States who became eBay's first president and first full-time employee in 1996 . In addition to the founder Pierre Omidyar, he is considered to be jointly responsible for the success of the online auction platform.

His name also became known through the Skoll Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship named after him . He is considered a philanthropist not only because of the founding of the foundation, but also because of his numerous and generous donations and his fundamental convictions . The key experience for his social commitment is that his father got cancer when Skoll was only 14 years old. Although his father survived the illness, Skoll is said to have resolved to do good in his life at the time.

Jeffrey Skoll graduated from Stanford University with an MBA in 1995 .

In 2004, Jeffrey Skoll founded the film production company Participant Productions (renamed Participant Media in 2008 ), which aims to encourage viewers to act with films about social and environmental problems. In particular, An Inconvenient Truth with Al Gore on climate change and Good Night, and Good Luck became internationally known . about the McCarthy era . Other films include Angels In the Dust , Jimmy Carter Man From Plains , Darfur Now , Chicago 10 , Kite Runner , Charlie Wilson's War , Fast Food Nation , Murderball , North Country , Syriana , American Gun and Reading Lolita in Tehran .

According to Forbes, his personal wealth is estimated at $ 4.5 billion as of October 2017.

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  1. ↑ Forbes : Jeffrey Skoll . 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Skoll, Jeffrey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Skoll, Jeff
BRIEF DESCRIPTION first president of eBay
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1965