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Post by Jaga on Aug 27, 2015 22:06:39 GMT -7
born in France of Iranian parents?
very good man, and talented, members of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge
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Post by Jaga on Sept 3, 2015 22:12:06 GMT -7
Guys, who is it?
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Post by pieter on Sept 4, 2015 19:02:02 GMT -7
Pierre OmidyarPierre Morad Omidyar (June 21, 1967) is a French-born Iranian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the founder of the eBay auction site, and served as Chairman from 1998 to 2015. He became a billionaire at the age of 31 with eBay's 1998 Initial Public Offering (IPO). Omidyar and his wife Pamela are well-known philanthropists who founded Omidyar Network in 2004 in order to expand their efforts beyond nonprofits to include for-profits and public policy. Since 2010, Omidyar has been involved in online journalism as the head of investigative reporting and public affairs news service Honolulu Civil Beat. In 2013, he announced that he would create and finance First Look Media, a journalism venture to include Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, and Jeremy Scahill. Born June 21, 1967 (age 48) Paris, France Residence Henderson, Nevada, U.S. Occupation Founder of eBay Founder and CEO of Honolulu Civil Beat Net worth Increase US$ 8.9 billion (August 2015)[2] Board member of eBay Spouse(s) Pamela Kerr Omidyar
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Post by pieter on Sept 4, 2015 19:10:16 GMT -7
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Post by Jaga on Sept 5, 2015 12:35:12 GMT -7
Pieter, thanks for looking into it. I thought that the multinational background of this guy is a good sign for future cooperations of the nations. Besides, he is a part of Bill Gates and Buffet club to help charities and normal people to have better lives!
Generally, he is just a good guy!
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