Jeffrey Skoll was born on January 16, 1965 in Montreal, Quebec. He is a businessman and first president of internet auction firm eBay.

Biography and Career :

His parents were a teacher and a chemical company owner. In 1976 his family decided to move from Quebec to Toronto. After three years his father was diagnosed with cancer.

He attended the University of Toronto where studied electrical engineering. After he finished his studies he decided to go round the world for several moths. When he came back he founded Skoll Engineering and Micros on the Move Ltd.

In 1993 he attended the Stanford Business School where studied Masters of Business Administration. After three years he met Pierre Omidyar, who founded eBay. He worked hard and in 1998 became Vice President, Strategic Planning and Analysis. Then he had to work less thanks to his back problems.

He is the CEO of Participant Productions, which is a Los Angeles based media company that fund feature films and documentaries. Because he likes helping people very much he founded Skoll Foundation and every year does charity actions and gives large amount of money.

Quotes :

- "Don't think of money as the final goal, think of it as a way to do good for the world."

- "This Al Gore film, whoa -- this movie may save the planet. That's pretty cool."
_{Jeffrey Skoll Image : businessweek.com}



Jeff Skoll Lists

	1965 births
	Living people
	American billionaires
	Canadian businesspeople
	American businesspeople
	American philanthropists
	Businesspeople in internet retailing
	People from Montreal
	Canadian billionaires
	People from San Jose, California
	Stanford Business School alumni
	University of Toronto alumni
	Anglophone Quebecers
	Canadian Jews

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Category: Business people  - ( Business people Archive)

Date Added: 24 October '07

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