Omidyar Network India was part of the family office of eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and supported by his wife, co-founder Pam Omidyar. The new VC firm has been set up at a time when activity in the ...

Mozilla said Wednesday it was launching a drive against "fake news" as fact-checking software backed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar got its first run-out in public. Meta's decision to abandon its ...

Watchdog groups launching "transparency" lawsuits over Trump's effort to slash spending can thank "dark money" for helping to ...

Less than half of those surveyed described the country as an adversary according to research commissioned by the European ...

Placing restrictions on where billionaires can do charity is better than letting them play god with governments they think ...

Before creating eBay, Pierre Omidyar co-founded a startup called Ink Development, which focused on pen computing. While the company later shifted to e-commerce software, this venture gave Omidyar ...

Trump made his original appeal to his base — the working and middle class — by pledging support for American workers who have been left behind, particularly in the Rust Belt and the south. This meant ...

For example, Benchmark Partners invested in eBay after Pierre Omidyar proved the venture’s potential, and then replaced him with professional-CEO Margaret Whitman. Interestingly, nearly all the ...

In March 2006 the company received $15 million in funding from investors including Benchmark Capital, Millennium Technology Ventures, and the Omidyar Network, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar’s ...

The family owes their fortune to patriarch Pierre Omidyar, a French-Iranian immigrant who founded eBay and later bought and sold PayPal. He still has minority ownership stakes in both companies.

Pierre Omidyar: The founder and chairman of eBay graduated in 1988 with a degree in computer science. Rick Hauck: The former fighter pilot and NASA astronaut received his degree in physics from Tufts ...

While many expected First Lady Melania Trump to rely on her stylist Herve Pierre to help select her 2025 inaugural night gown, they might be surprised to learn he designed it. A designer in his ...