ebay inc (EBAY:NASDAQ GS)

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Mr. Jeffrey S. Skoll, Jeff, is the Founder at Capricorn Investment Group LLC. Mr. Skoll served as the President at eBay Inc. from August 1996 to February 1998 and as its Vice President of Strategic Planning and Analysis since February 1998. As eBay's founding President, he developed eBay's first business plan, generating entrepreneurial opportunities for millions of individuals around the world. He also pioneered creation of the eBay Foundation through the allocation ... of pre-IPO shares. Mr. Skoll served as Channel Marketing Manager for Knight-Ridder Information Inc. from July 1995 to July 1996. He served as the President of Skoll Engineering, a firm that he founded, from September 1987 to August 1993. Mr. Skoll co-founded Micros on the Move Ltd. as an adjunct to Skoll Engineering in 1990. In 2004, he founded Participant Productions (now Participant Media) and serves as Chairman. Mr. Skoll serves as the Chairman of Participant Media, LLC. He served as a Director of Ingenio Inc. He served as a Director of eBay from December 1996 to March 1998. In 1999, he launched the Skoll Foundation, for which he serves as Founder and Chairman. He serves as a Director at Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Mr. Skoll serves on the board of the National Center for Arts and Technology and on the advisory board for The Elders. Mr. Skoll envisioned Participant as an independent global media company focused on creating entertainment content that would have a long-term benefit to society. Since then, Mr. Skoll has served as Executive Producer on Participant's films GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK, NORTH COUNTRY , SYRIANA, American Gun, An Inconvenient Truth, The World According To Sesame Street, Fast Food Nation, Angels In The Dust, Jimmy Carter Man From Plains, Darfur Now, The Kite Runner, Charlie Wilson's War, Chicago 10, The Visitor And Standard Operating Procedure, amongst others. Mr. Skoll did his first job in Pumping gas in Toronto while in high school. Mr. Skoll's recent honors and awards include Time Magazine's 100 People of the Year (2006), Wired Magazine's Rave Award (2006), Business Week's list of most innovative philanthropists (2002 through present), the National Leadership Award for Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley (2004), the Outstanding Philanthropist Award from the International Association of Fundraising Professionals (2003) and the Outstanding Philanthropist Award from the Silicon Valley chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (2002). In addition, in 2003, Mr. Skoll was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Toronto. He was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He holds a B.A.S.C. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto and an M.B.A. degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business from September 1993 to July 1995.

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