A key figure in this effort is Pierre Omidyar, the obscenely wealthy founder of eBay. The 57-year-old is one of the most powerful yet least scrutinized players in Big Tech’s political machine.

Like the pharmaceutical industry, Silicon Valley is adept at inventing memorable brand names for its products from unusual, ...

Fake ‘Families’ and Billionaires “Like a surprising number of Trump 2.0 resistance pop-up groups,” reports The Free Press’ ...

Backed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, Omidyar Network India is a veteran in the Indian startup ecosystem, having invested in new-age ventures since 2009 onwards. While its core focus has been on ...

However, eBay's humble beginnings took place in the San Jose living room of founder Pierre Omidyar, not in a garage. Launched as "AuctionWeb" in September 1995, the first item listed on the site ...

Paris-born, Iranian-American Pierre Omidyar is cofounder and current chairman of eBay. In 1998, he and his wife, Pamela, established the Omidyar Foundation, an organization that now includes ...