Quick info:
| Age | 58 |
| Birthday | January 16, 1965 |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
| City | Canada |
| Country | Canada |
| Profession | Entrepreneur |
Jeffrey Skoll is a famous Entrepreneur, born on January 16, 1965 in Canada. As of December 2022, Jeffrey Skoll’s net worth is $3.8 Billion. He founded the indie movie production company Participant Media.
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Stephanie Swedlove |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
Jeffrey Skoll Biography
Internet entrepreneur who was the first employee and the first president of the Internet auction firm eBay. Jeffrey Stuart Skoll, OC (born January 16, 1965) is a Canadian engineer, billionaire internet entrepreneur and film producer. He was the first employee and subsequently first president of eBay, eventually using the wealth this gave him to become a philanthropist, particularly through the Skoll Foundation, and his media company Participant Media. He founded an investment firm, Capricorn Investment Group, soon after and currently serves as its chairman. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he graduated from University of Toronto in 1987 and left Canada to attend Stanford University’s business school in 1993..
His mother was a teacher and his father was a chemical company owner.
He graduated with a BASc with honours in 1987 from the University of Toronto’s electrical engineering program. While an undergraduate student, he co-edited the engineering students’ satirical newspaper The Toike Oike. He paid his way through college by pumping gas in North York, Ontario. After graduating he backpacked around the world for several months before returning and founding two businesses in Toronto: Skoll Engineering, an information technology consulting firm and Micros on the Move Ltd., a computer rental firm. He left Canada in 1993 to earn a Master of Business Administration degree at Stanford Business School, graduating in 1995. After Stanford he went to work at Knight-Ridder where he was working on internet projects for the publishing company.
Ethnicity, religion & political views
Many peoples want to know what is Jeffrey Skoll ethnicity, nationality, Ancestry & Race? Let’s check it out! As per public resource, IMDb & Wikipedia, Jeffrey Skoll’s ethnicity is Not Known. We will update Jeffrey Skoll’s religion & political views in this article. Please check the article again after few days.In 1996 Skoll met eBay’s founder Pierre Omidyar who hired him as the company’s first president and first full-time employee. While eBay was already profitable at the time Skoll joined, he wrote the business plan that eBay followed from its emergence as a start-up to a great success. He remained President until the arrival of Meg Whitman in January 1998 when he became vice president, Strategic Planning and Analysis until back problems necessitated his departure from full-time employment at the company. In 1998, he championed the creation of the eBay Foundation which was allocated pre-IPO stock now worth $32 million. Once eBay’s second largest stockholder, behind Omidyar, he subsequently cashed out a portion of his company holdings, yielding him around $2 billion.
Jeffrey Skoll Net Worth
Jeffrey Skoll is one of the richest Entrepreneur & listed on most popular Entrepreneur. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jeffrey Skoll‘s net worth $3.8 Billion.
| Net Worth | $3.8 Billion |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Entrepreneur |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
He attended Stanford University’s Stanford Business School where he earned a Masters of Business Administration in 1995.
In 1996 Skoll met eBay’s founder Pierre Omidyar who hired him as the company’s first president and first full-time employee. While eBay was already profitable at the time Skoll joined, he wrote the business plan that eBay followed from its emergence as a start-up to a great success. He remained President until the arrival of Meg Whitman in January 1998 when he became vice president, Strategic Planning and Analysis until back problems necessitated his departure from full-time employment at the company. In 1998, he championed the creation of the eBay Foundation which was allocated pre-IPO stock now worth $32 million. Once eBay’s second largest stockholder, behind Omidyar, he subsequently cashed out a portion of his company holdings, yielding him around $2 billion.
Skoll is a noted philanthropist and has been honoured many times for his generosity. He has given the eponymous Skoll Foundation approximately $1 billion of eBay stock since its formation in 1999. The Foundation supports “social entrepreneurship”. Skoll chairs the Foundation and today makes grants in excess of $80 million per year. The Skoll Foundation’s assets rank it as the largest foundation for social entrepreneurship in the world. Skoll’s largest charitable donation was a $30 million contribution to the Alliance for Climate Protection Campaign.
Jeff Skoll founded Participant Media in 2004 with the premise that a good story well told can help change the world. As the leading media company dedicated to entertainment that inspires and compels social change, Participant Media’s projects combine the power of a great story with opportunities for global audiences to get involved.
Who is Jeffrey Skoll dating?
According to our records, Jeffrey Skoll married to Stephanie Swedlove. As of May 2022, Jeffrey Skoll’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Jeffrey Skoll. You may help us to build the dating records for Jeffrey Skoll!Skoll’s recent honors and awards include The Producers Guild of America Visionary Award (2009), Time Magazine’s 100 People of the Year (2006), Wired Magazine’s Rave Award (2006), the National Leadership Award for Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley (2004) and the Outstanding Philanthropist Award from the International Association of Fundraising Professionals (2003). In 2003, Skoll was the commencement speaker and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Toronto. Skoll is also a member of the Berggruen Institute’s 21st Century Council.
Jeffrey Skoll Height
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| Weight | Not Known |
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Facts & Trivia
Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in Canada. Jeffrey Skoll celebrates birthday on January 16 of every year.
Films in 2008 included The Visitor, by Thomas McCarthy with Richard Jenkins and Hiam Abbass; Chicago 10, based on the 1968 Democratic convention protests; Standard Operating Procedure, a documentary about Abu Ghraib by Errol Morris; The Cove, a documentary about the annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan; The Crazies, an updated version of the George A. Romero biotoxin thriller from 1973; and Pressure Cooker, a documentary about an inner-city school cooking contest, set in Philadelphia. A 2010 film released in the US on Earth Day, April 22, was Oceans, a documentary about the oceans by Jacques Perrin, director of the Oscar-winning Winged Migration.
How did Jeff Skoll make his money?
Real Time Net Worth Reflects change since 5 pm ET of prior trading day. Jeff Skoll built his fortune as eBay’s first full-time hire and president in 1995; he left eBay in 2001, three years after its IPO. His Skoll Foundation quadrupled its grants to $200 million in 2020 in response to the pandemic.
What did Jeff Skoll do for eBay?
After pioneering the creation of the eBay Foundation, Jeff founded the Skoll Foundation in 1999. Over the last 20 years, Jeff Skoll has created an innovative portfolio of philanthropic and commercial enterprises, each of which is a distinctive lever for achieving transformational social change.
What does the Skoll Foundation do?
The Skoll Foundation catalyzes transformational social change by investing in, connecting, and championing social entrepreneurs and other social innovators who together advance bold and equitable solutions to the world’s most pressing problems.
Who owns Participant Media?
| Founder | Jeffrey Skoll |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California , United States |
How much is Jeff Skoll worth?
4.2 billion USD (2022)
Another 2010 film was Waiting for “Superman”. In 2011, through a 50–50 partnership with Image Nation Abu Dhabi, the company produced Contagion and The Help, both commercial successes and the latter getting multiple Oscar nominations, including best picture. In 2012, the company produced through its partnership with Image Nation Abu Dhabi, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Participant Media produced Lincoln, which garnered 12 Oscar nominations including best picture for the producers. The company has released 43 films and garnered 35 Oscar nominations, while contributing to social change.
Through his film production company, Participant Media–of which he is founder, owner, and chairman–he has produced numerous critically acclaimed films. His first films Syriana (2005), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), and North Country (2005), along with the documentary Murderball (2005), accounted for 11 Oscar nominations in 2006. His subsequent films have included An Inconvenient Truth (2006), Fast Food Nation (2006), The World According to Sesame Street (2006), Waiting for “Superman” (2010), Lincoln (2012), and his latest, Spotlight (2015) won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2016.
Jeff Skoll married fellow Canadian Stephanie Swedlove in October, 2014. He is an avid Montreal Canadiens fan.
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