EBay

History

eBay was founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar as "AuctionWeb", part of a larger personal site that included, among other things, Omidyar's own tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Ebola virus. Originally, the site belonged to Echo Bay Technology Group, Omidyar's consulting firm. (The frequently repeated story that eBay was founded to trade PEZ dispensers was fabricated by a public relations manager in 1997 to interest the media. This was revealed in Adam Cohen's 2002 book and confirmed by eBay.) Omidyar had tried to register the domain name "EchoBay.com" but found it already taken, so he shortened it to his second choice, "eBay.com". eBay is headquartered in San Jose, California. Meg Whitman has served as eBay's president and CEO since March 1998. eBay boosters have claimed that in terms of revenue growth, eBay is among the fastest-growing companies of all time.

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1995 - Pierre Omidyar - Ebola - PEZ - San Jose, California - Meg Whitman - CEO - Revenue

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