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Cue Jeff Skoll. Skoll—a billionaire by way of eBay, where he was the first president—wanted to start a film-production company that would foster social change. Movies seemed an opportune way to draw attention to the world's problems and inspire viewers to address them.
Apr 16, 2024 · FILE – Jeff Skoll arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” at the Arclight Hollywood, July 25, 2017, in Los Angeles. Participant, the activist film and television studio that has financed Oscar winners like “Spotlight” and socially conscious documentaries like “Food, Inc,” and “Waiting For ...
Jun 24, 2020 · Jeff Skoll has been funding pandemic preparedness for more than a decade, even longer than Bill Gates. Recently he’s dramatically increased his philanthropic giving to help combat Covid-19.
Apr 16, 2024 · FILE - Jeff Skoll arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” at the Arclight Hollywood, July 25, 2017, in Los Angeles. Participant, the activist film and television studio that has financed Oscar winners like “Spotlight” and socially conscious documentaries like “Food, Inc,” and “Waiting For ...
After spending down Jeff Skoll’s original $100 million gift, the Skoll Global Threats Fund sunset at the end of 2017, spinning off its pandemics and climate work into standalone initiatives– Ending Pandemics and the Climate Advocacy Lab, respectively. The Fund’s peace and security work was incorporated into the Skoll Foundation’s programs.
Jun 8, 2018 · Jeff Skoll January 16, 1965 • Montreal, Quebec, Canada Philanthropist, chief executive officer. Jeff Skoll was the first employee of the online auction Web site eBay. As president during its crucial early years of the mid-1990s, Skoll was a key player in the growth of the company from one of the first financial phenomenons of the new Internet age to a literal online community, with millions ...
