Pierre Omidyar

Founder of the marketplace that became eBay.

Organizations and connections

Affiliations retain their dates and sources. Roles may be historical; a missing end date does not establish a current role. Machine classifications need review; a co-mention alone does not establish a relationship.

1. Pierre Omidyar→eBay

   Founded as AuctionWeb

   foundedFrom 1995 · end not recordedCurated evidence
   • Fairchildren: the semiconductor, computer and Internet diaspora ↗Computer History Museum
2. Pierre Omidyar→St. Andrew's Episcopal School

   Educated at

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   • Wikidata: Pierre Omidyar ↗Wikidata
3. Pierre Omidyar→American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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   • Wikidata: Pierre Omidyar ↗Wikidata · P463 · Statement Q348483$E8E7782B-FD30-4C5D-85AC-90C1490D7F54No external reference recorded in this Wikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Pierre Omidyar ↗Wikidata
4. Pierre Omidyar→Tufts University School of Engineering

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   • Wikidata: Pierre Omidyar ↗Wikidata
5. Pierre Omidyar→Potomac School

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   • Wikidata: Pierre Omidyar ↗Wikidata
6. Pierre Omidyar→Tufts University

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   • Wikidata: Pierre Omidyar ↗Wikidata
7. Pierre Omidyar→Santa Fe Institute

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   • Wikidata: Pierre Omidyar ↗Wikidata
8. Pierre Omidyar→eBay

   Founded

   foundedDates not recordedWikidata statement
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   • Wikidata: Q58024 ↗Wikidata
9. Pierre Omidyar→eBay

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   • Wikidata: Pierre Omidyar ↗Wikidata
10. Pierre Omidyar↔Sam Altman

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
11. Pierre Omidyar↔J. Robert Oppenheimer

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
12. Pierre Omidyar↔Robert H. Dennard

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
13. Ben Horowitz↔Pierre Omidyar

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    • If, Why, and How Founders Should Hire a “Professional” CEO ↗reidhoffman.org · 2013-01-22
14. Pierre Omidyar↔Larry Sanger

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    • From the first email to the first YouTube video: a definitive internet history ↗www.theguardian.com · 2009-10-23
15. Pierre Omidyar↔Ashkan Soltani

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    • Surveillance forces journalists to think and act like spies ↗cpj.org · 2015-04-28
16. Pierre Omidyar↔Robert B. Laughlin

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
17. Pierre Omidyar↔Alastair Campbell

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    • ‘People thought I was a communist doing this as a non-profit’: is Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales the last decent tech baron? ↗www.theguardian.com · 2025-10-27
18. Pierre Omidyar↔Ashton Kutcher

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    • New group attacking iPhone encryption backed by US political dark-money network ↗theintercept.com · 2023-10-02
19. Pierre Omidyar↔Reed Hastings

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
20. Pierre Omidyar↔John Shoch

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
21. Larry Ellison↔Pierre Omidyar

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
    • Bill Gates down to third richest man, thanks to Yahoo bid ↗www.theguardian.com · 2008-03-06
    • Zuckerberg overtakes Jobs and Murdoch on Forbes rich list ↗www.theguardian.com · 2010-09-23
    • Sergey and Larry storm Forbes' list of billionaires ↗www.theguardian.com · 2007-03-09
    • Net benefits ↗www.theguardian.com · 2006-02-06
22. Pierre Omidyar↔Laura Poitras

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    • The Pierre Omidyar Insurgency ↗nymag.com · 2014-11-03
    • Surveillance forces journalists to think and act like spies ↗cpj.org · 2015-04-28
23. Pierre Omidyar↔Carlos Slim

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    • Sergey and Larry storm Forbes' list of billionaires ↗www.theguardian.com · 2007-03-09
24. Leonard Bosack↔Pierre Omidyar

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
25. Pierre Omidyar↔Alberto Ibargüen

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    • Tech billionaires donate $20m to fund set up to protect society from AI ↗www.theguardian.com · 2017-01-11
26. Pierre Omidyar↔Felix Bloch

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
27. Pierre Omidyar↔Meg Whitman

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    • ‘Wallets and eyeballs’: how eBay turned the internet into a marketplace ↗www.theguardian.com · 2022-06-25
    • If, Why, and How Founders Should Hire a “Professional” CEO ↗reidhoffman.org · 2013-01-22
    • The Divorce of eBay and PayPal ↗mashable.com · 2015-07-20
    • Panel's Report Offers Details On 'Spinning' Of New Stocks ↗www.nytimes.com · 2002-10-03
    • How eBay transformed the way people shop - and what they sell ↗www.theguardian.com · 2014-08-18
28. Pierre Omidyar↔Stewart Brand

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
29. Pierre Omidyar↔Joseph Stiglitz

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
30. Pierre Omidyar↔Sergey Brin

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
    • Jeff Bezos’s Master Plan ↗www.theatlantic.com · 2019-10-20
    • Programming is the new literacy ↗www.edutopia.org · 2010-03-15
    • You Don't Need to Quit Your Job to Make ↗blog.stephsmith.io · 2019-02-14
    • Bill Gates down to third richest man, thanks to Yahoo bid ↗www.theguardian.com · 2008-03-06
31. Max Levchin↔Pierre Omidyar

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

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    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
    • The Divorce of eBay and PayPal ↗mashable.com · 2015-07-20
32. Pierre Omidyar↔Whitfield Diffie

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
33. Pierre Omidyar↔Andrew Grove

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
34. Pierre Omidyar↔Ken Kesey

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
35. Dustin Moskovitz↔Pierre Omidyar

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    • Zuckerberg overtakes Jobs and Murdoch on Forbes rich list ↗www.theguardian.com · 2010-09-23
36. Pierre Omidyar↔Jimmy Wales

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

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    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • ‘People thought I was a communist doing this as a non-profit’: is Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales the last decent tech baron? ↗www.theguardian.com · 2025-10-27
37. Pierre Omidyar↔James Tobin

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    • Universal Basic Income Is Not Feasible ↗knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu · 2018-04-26
38. Pierre Omidyar↔John H. Lawrence

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
39. Drew Houston↔Pierre Omidyar

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    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • If, Why, and How Founders Should Hire a “Professional” CEO ↗reidhoffman.org · 2013-01-22
40. Eugene Kleiner↔Pierre Omidyar

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
41. Pierre Omidyar↔Tom Perkins

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
42. Pierre Omidyar↔Steve Wozniak

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
    • You Don't Need to Quit Your Job to Make ↗blog.stephsmith.io · 2019-02-14
43. Pierre Omidyar↔Milton Friedman

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    • Universal Basic Income Is Not Feasible ↗knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu · 2018-04-26
44. Pierre Omidyar↔William Shockley

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
45. Pierre Omidyar↔Scott McNealy

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
46. Pierre Omidyar↔Condoleezza Rice

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
47. Pierre Omidyar↔David Duffield

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    • Net benefits ↗www.theguardian.com · 2006-02-06
48. Marc Andreessen↔Pierre Omidyar

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    • Google takes the high road ↗www.theguardian.com · 2004-05-02
    • People who will get rich from Google ↗www.theguardian.com · 2004-04-25
49. Pierre Omidyar↔Ivan Sutherland

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
50. Pierre Omidyar↔Travis Kalanick

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    • A History of Silicon Valley ↗www.scaruffi.com · 2020-01-05
    • Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth ↗abovethecrowd.com · 2019-03-01