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Jeff Skoll

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Jeff Skoll · Economics & Business

What

First president of eBay; his Participant Media produced Spotlight and An Inconvenient Truth — Oscar-winning cinema for social change.

When

16 January 1965, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Where

Palo Alto, California, United States

Founded
Participant MediaParticipant Media2004
Biography

Jeff Skoll is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — First president of eBay; his Participant Media produced Spotlight and An Inconvenient Truth — Oscar-winning cinema for social change.

How & why

Born to a Jewish family in Montreal, Jeff Skoll was eBay's first employee-president and its first full-time hire with equity; the 1998 IPO made him a billionaire and he set about giving it away with intent. His Skoll Foundation built the field of social entrepreneurship; his Participant Media financed cinema meant to move the world — An Inconvenient Truth, Spotlight (Best Picture 2016), Contagion — proof that a portfolio can have a conscience.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Skoll

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First president of eBay; his Participant Media produced Spotlight and An Inconvenient Truth — Oscar-winning cinema for social change.

1996

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Skoll