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Pierre Omidyar

American entrepreneur and philanthropist; founder of eBay · United States · On the map · Founders · Born 1967 · age 59

Pierre Morad Omidyar is a French-born Iranian-American billionaire. A technology entrepreneur, software engineer, and philanthropist, he is the founder of eBay, where he served as chairman from 1998 to 2015.

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Knight of the National Order of Merit2012
Great Immigrants Award2006
White House Fellows

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Omidyar is the grandson of the Imperial Iranian Army General Mahmud Mir-Djalali, who was instrumental in the 1921 rise of the Pahlavi Dynasty, the overthrow of Mohammad Mossadegh, and the building out of Iran's Mechanized Artillery Forces and Defense Industries. As of 2023, Forbes ranked Omidyar as the 245th-richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of $8.7 billion.

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Born 1967 · age 59

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