Call it the battle of two billionaires --philosophically. Two Silicon Valley tech moguls are coming down on opposite sides of the Hulk Hogan lawsuit against media site Gawker. Pierre Omidyar, the ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii's richest man is best known here for his charitable donations and global peace initiatives. But now, billionaire Pierre Omidyar is raising eyebrows for funding groups ...

The eBay founder was a mild-mannered Obama supporter looking for a way to spend his time and fortune. The Snowden leaks gave him a cause — and an enemy. Illustrations by Matthew Woodson Every ...

When it comes to impact investing, or investing to generate social and/or environmental impact alongside a financial return, there has been no shortage of debate over whether there is any “there” ...

Billlionaire eBay founder Pierre Omidyar is donating $100,000 to NeverTrump PAC, a fledgling super PAC that registered with the Federal Election Commission on March 4. While Omidyar has made donations ...

At a time when the journalism world was struggling with intense financial pressures brought on by digital transformation, Pierre Omidyar's bold plan was a source of great excitement for those who care ...

The billionaire founder of e-commerce site eBay plowed money into a private security startup billed as the “Uber for bodyguards” — while also donating nearly $2 million to groups that advocate ...

WASHINGTON -- Somewhere between his treatise on government transparency and soliloquy on human rights, Pierre Omidyar paused. EBay's billionaire founder and proponent of good works was addressing a ...

HONOLULU (AP) - Honolulu businessman and eBay founder Pierre Omidyar's name is on the list of 40 billionaires pledging to donate at least half their wealth to charity. Pierre and Pam Omidyar are the ...

Pierre Omidyar, eBay founder, talked about his notions of choice, sustainable business models and social good. "Businesses can be a force for good. I recently rediscovered Adam Smith....If the baker ...

Pierre Omidyar left eBay long ago to become a billionaire philanthropist and angel investor, but he is taking on an operational role in a new startup called Peer News. It operates a Twitter app called ...