The eBay billionaires Pierre Omidyar and Jeff Skoll ranked first and second, respectively, among the world’s 25 “best givers,” according to ratings issued this week by Barron’s magazine in ...

The billionaire founder of e-commerce site eBay plowed money into a private security startup billed as the “Uber for bodyguards” — while also donating nearly $2 million to groups that advocate ...

Leaders from the tech and finance sectors are having an ever greater impact on the nonprofit world. Nowhere is this most apparent than at the Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm started ...

Pierre Omidyar, eBay founder, talked about his notions of choice, sustainable business models and social good. "Businesses can be a force for good. I recently rediscovered Adam Smith....If the baker ...

One evening, in conjunction with CGI, Pierre Omidyar threw a reception across the street. Omidyar, the programmer who created eBay, is one of America’s richest men, a 47-year-old philanthropist intent ...

First Look Media, a technology-driven, independent journalism site launched by eBay co-founder Pierre Omidyar last year, inked a lease for three floors, taking 58,206 square feet at 114 Fifth Avenue, ...

Journalism effort backed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and involving Glenn Greenwald -- the man Edward Snowden leaked NSA documents to -- plans to launch its first pub early next week. Edward Moyer ...

In 2004, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife, Pam, set aside some of the wealth they acquired after the online marketplace went public and created Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm ...

Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay, and his wife have pledged $50-million over six years to the Hawaii Community Foundation, a gift the charity says may be the largest by a living donor in the state’s ...

eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman are among the backers of a new $27 million fund, announced today, that’s aiming to promote research into artificial intelligence in the ...

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