Secrets of Urban Success

eBay's founder and chairman is Pierre Omidyar. Omidyar earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from Tufts University in 1988 and worked for Macintosh and Apple before founding eBay. By the end of 1998, the business had grown to 2.1 million employees.
Pierre Morad Omidyar was born in Paris, France, on June 21, 1967. In contrast to many other high-tech entrepreneurs, Omidyar had no intention of becoming an Internet tycoon. As a teenager, he moved to Maryland with his father, who accepte...