Jeffrey Skoll

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jeffrey Skoll
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	Jan 16, 1965(1965-01-16)
Age	59
Birthplace	Canada
Country	Canada
Horoscope	Capricorn

Jeffrey Skoll Biography

Jeffrey Skoll is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on January 16, 1965 in Canada, Canada. Internet entrepreneur who was the first employee and the first president of the Internet auction firm eBay.

His production company helped fund the film Good Night and Good Luck starring George Clooney.

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.

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.

His mother was a teacher and his father was a chemical company owner.

Jeffrey Skoll Net Worth

Jeffrey Skoll is one of the richest Entrepreneur from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jeffrey Skoll 's net worth $3.8 Billion. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He attended Stanford University’s Stanford Business School where he earned a Masters of Business Administration in 1995.

He founded the indie movie production company Participant Media.

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.

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Who is Jeffrey Skoll Dating?

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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.

Facts & Trivia

Jeffrey Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Jeffrey Skoll celebrates birthday on January 16 of every year.

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.

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?

FormerlyParticipant Productions (2004–2007) Participant Media (2007–2019)
Founder| Jeffrey Skoll
Headquarters| Los Angeles, California , United States

How much is Jeff Skoll worth?

4.2 billion USD (2022)