Pierre Omidyar


The Great Leaders Series: Pierre Omidyar of eBay

He set up an online marketplace that brought buyers and sellers together as never before, and pioneered the concept of quantifying the trustworthiness of an anonymous user.

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Recent Articles about Pierre Omidyar

Revolutionary Roads: Mapping America's Innovation Capitals

By Nitasha Tiku and Jason Del Rey |  Apr 1, 2009

30 tales of following where the spirit leads  Read more

War Stories

By Mike Hofman |  Jun 1, 2000

Reviews of three new business books -- one on why starting a company is like waging war, one about a high-profile venture capital firm, and one on why you sh...  Read more

War Stories

By Mike Hofman |  Jun 1, 2000

Reviews of three new business books -- one on why starting a company is like waging war, one about a high-profile venture capital firm, and one on why you sh...  Read more

Genius in Our Midst

By Mike Hofman |  Sep 20, 2006

The MacArthur Foundation announced yesterday the list of its 2006 fellows, who are sometimes referred to as the recipients of "genius" grants. As has been...  Read more

Can You Learn Disruptive Innovation?

By Christine Lagorio |  Aug 5, 2011

Or are truly creative people born with something special? Clayton Christensen discusses his latest book, The Innovator's DNA, which analyzes the traits of CE...  Read more

The Key to Good SEO, and Some Good News (Maybe)

By Max Chafkin |  Feb 5, 2009

How to fix your Google results . Wall Street Journal reporter Julia Angwin writes about her efforts to take control of her Google results. Angwin is...  Read more

Metaweb Acquired by Google

By Courtney Rubin

The search-engine company continues its buying spree.  Read more

That Certain Something: The World's Most Influential Entrepreneurs

By Ryan McCarthy |  Apr 1, 2009

We put the question to six experts: Who are the five most interesting entrepreneurs of the past 30 years?  Read more