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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 33 quotes by Pierre Omidyar Pierre Morad Omidyar (Persian: پیر مراد امیدیار , born June 21, 1967) is a French-born Iranian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the founder and chairman of the eBay auction site. 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... Read full biography of Pierre Omidyar → ← Ctrl 1 2 3 Ctrl → What makes eBay successful - the real value and the real power at eBay - is the community. It's the buyers and sellers coming together and... → 0 As a philanthropist, I try to help people take ownership. Everything I've done is rooted in the notion that every human being is born equally... → 0 eBay's business is based on enabling someone to do business with another person, and to do that, they first have to develop some measure of... → 0 I had always been interested in markets - specifically, the theory that in financial markets, goods will trade at a fair value only when everyone has... → 0 I had the notion that, OK, so now we have all of this wealth, we could buy not only one expensive car, we could buy all of them. As soon as you... → 0 My dad was a physician. As a kid, I remember driving around with him on weekends so he could do his rounds at the hospital and talk to patients.... → 0 Microfinance initiatives are very high-touch models. The loan officer meets with local groups of borrowers every week, they share tips and... → 0 What I'm really focused on is connecting people around shared interests, so together they can make good stuff happen. I'm more focused on... → 0 When I started eBay, it was a hobby, an experiment to see if people could use the Internet to be empowered through access to an efficient market. I... → 0 Companies in Silicon Valley invest a lot in understanding their users and what drives user engagement. 0 I have always been of the opinion that the right kind of journalism is a critical part of our democracy. 0 In the early days of eBay, I articulated for the very first time this belief that people are basically good. 0 My parents made me believe I could do anything I wanted to do. They were really into empowering me. 0 ← Ctrl 1 2 3 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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