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Feb 24, 2012 · Why you should listen. Jeff Skoll was eBay's employee number 2 and president number 1. He left with a comfortable fortune and a desire to spend his money helping others. The Skoll Foundation, established in 1999, invests in, connects and celebrates social entrepreneurs-- offering grants to people who build businesses, schools and services for communities in need.
Our vision is to live in a sustainable world of peace and prosperity for all. The Skoll Foundation catalyzes transformational social change by investing in, connecting, and championing social entrepreneurs and other social innovators who together advance bold and equitable solutions to the world’s most pressing problems.
5 days ago · Jeffrey Skoll was born to a middle class family in Canada in 1965. He was an avid reader as a child, consuming books by writers such as Ayn Rand and James Michener.
Jeff Skoll: One of my role models when I was starting the foundation was John Gardner. He was the president of the Carnegie Corporation, and as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under President Lyndon Johnson he started the Great Society programs of the 1960s.
Film producer Jeff Skoll (An Inconvenient Truth) talks about his film company, Participant Productions, and the people who've inspired him to do good.
Participant was founded in 2004 by Jeff Skoll, with a commitment to producing entertainment with socially relevant themes. As the leading media company dedicated to entertainment that inspires audiences to engage in positive social change.
Behind this success is the only contrarian trait Skoll, 47, makes obvious—inexhaustible hopefulness. It's a wellspring of tenacity that's rooted, says friend and ally Sally Osberg, in an unyielding "belief in the power of human beings to create the communities and the world they want."
