Pierre Omidyar

Pierre Omidyar

Pierre Morad Omidyar (Persian:پیر مراد امیدیار,born June 21, 1967) is a French-born American Iranian entrepreneur and philanthropist, who is the founder and chairman of the eBay auction site. Omidyar and his wife Pam are well-known philanthropists who founded Omidyar Network in 2004 in order to expand their efforts beyond non-profits to include for-profits and public policy.