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What’s Wrong With Profit?
November 13, 2006 - THIS year, as never before, the line between philanthropy and business is blurring.
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Q & A Pierre Omidyar - Empower Seller
September 11, 2008 - Pierre Omidyar turned eBay into the most successful company of the dotcom era. EBay likewise turned its founder into a multibillionaire, and in 1999, Omidyar set up a charitable foundation.
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Announcement
Omidyar Network Names Matt Bannick Managing Partner
March 8, 2007, Redwood City, Calif. - Omidyar Network, a mission-based organization established by Pierre and Pam Omidyar, today named Matt Bannick to the position of managing partner, effective April 16, 2007.
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Announcement
Omidyar Network To Support Small to Medium Enterprise in the Developing World
September 27, 2007, New York – Omidyar Network, a mission-based organization established by Pierre and Pam Omidyar, today announced at the Clinton Global Initiative that it is expanding its efforts to include support of small to medium enterprise (SME).
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EBay's Founder Bets on 'Participatory Media'
October 17, 2007 - Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay Inc., is getting interested in the media world.
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Announcement
Omidyar Network Supports DonorsChoose.org National Expansion
November 15, 2007, New York – Actors Claire Danes and Zac Efron and former Senator Bill Bradley announced today that DonorsChoose.org, the award-winning nonprofit website where teachers and donors connect to help students in need, is opening to every public schoo
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Taking Tiny Loans To The Next Level
November 27, 2006 - An idea, not a person, was the most powerful force in philanthropy in 2006. President Bill Clinton devoted a big chunk of his annual Clinton Global Initiative to exploring it. The mighty Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation endorsed it.
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Announcement
Soros Economic Development Fund, Omidyar Network and Google.org Launch Small to Medium Enterprise Investment Company for India
February 19, 2008, New York – The Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF), Omidyar Network, and Google.org announced today a new US$17 million Small to Medium Enterprise Investment Company for India to create job opportunities and spur greater economic participation for a larger s
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Announcement
Omidyar Network and Unitus to Help Millions of the Working Poor Participate in the Global Economy
April 23, 2008, San Francisco and Seattle – Omidyar Network and Unitus are pleased to announce plans to dramatically expand the worldwide availability of financial services to the poor.
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Rural Development Institute and Omidyar Network Working to bring Land Rights to Millions of Rural Poor in India
May 12, 2008, Seattle – The Rural Development Institute (RDI) today announced it has received one of the largest grants in its history – US$4.3 million from Omidyar Network – to help secure land rights for the rural poor in the India state of Andhra Pradesh.
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Omidyar Network is part of The Omidyar Group. For more information about the Omidyars’ personal, professional, and philanthropic interests, visit www.omidyargroup.com.
African Union to Consider Good Digital Identity Principles at Summit
Framework aims to help millions of Africans benefit from the digital economy while keeping the interests of African people at the center of digital identity systems.
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Today, with the launch of a new website and Twitter account, the #GoodID movement takes a leap forward in its goal to bring together diverse voices in the evolving field of digital identity.
READ ONHow Female Tech Talent Is Creating an Inclusive Digital Economy in Latin America: Why We Invested in Laboratoria
More than 22 million young people in Latin America and the Caribbean neither work nor study. That number is slightly higher than the population of Chile, and two and a half times as many people as live in Mexico City.
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