PIERRE MORAD OMIDYAR
FOUNDER OF eBay
In today’s age of technological advancements and the dominance of the internet, it’s hard to think back to a time before smartphones, YouTube and social media. Yet one thing we also take for granted is the ability to shop online, the luxury of getting anything you want while sitting in the comfort of your own home. And although many will immediately think of sites like Amazon for shopping convenience, it was actually the rise of an online auction website that started the ball rolling in online shopping accessibility. eBay, to this day, is the website to go to for bargains and rare commodities, yet very little is known about its founder Pierre Omidyar, an Iranian-American economist that changed the world back in 1995.
THE YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR
Born in Paris, France on June 21, 1967, Pierre Morad Omidyar was
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