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Company · Marketplace

eBay

Online auction and consumer-to-consumer marketplace.

Public Founded 1995 San Jose USA Marketplace
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Founders

2
P
Pierre Omidyar
Founder
 T
Tom Allason
Co-founder

Where its founders came from

2

The companies and labs that produced eBay’s founders.

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The eBay diaspora

8 companies Open the full tree →

People who worked at or founded eBay and went on to start their own companies.

Lineage of eBayeBayeBayPierre OmidyarPierre OmidyarOmidyar NetworkOmidyar NetworkUlupono InitiativeUlupono InitiativeFirst Look MediaFirst Look MediaTorkel ÖdegaardTorkel ÖdegaardGrafana LabsGrafana LabsGrafanaGrafanaMeg WhitmanMeg WhitmanQuibiQuibiTom AllasonTom AllasonResidentlyResidentlyTony XuTony XuDoorDashDoorDash
The eBay lineage graph — click any node to keep exploring. ↓ CSV↓ JSON
M 1 founded
Quibi 2018
P 3 founded
Omidyar Network 2004 Ulupono Initiative 2009 First Look Media 2013
T 1 founded
Residently
T 1 founded
DoorDash 2013
T 2 founded
Grafana Labs 2014 Grafana 2014

Acquisitions

1
E
Epinions
USA
AcquiredFounded 1999

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