EBay's Founder on Innovating the Business Model of Social Change

摘要

When eBay's IPO in September 1998 made Omidyar wealthier than he'd ever imagined, he and his fiancee, Pam (now his wife), decided to create a nonprofit family foundation. For a few years they made grants randomly, according to whatever needs resonated with them. But that was just charity, by Omidyar's definition: an important but never-ending effort to alleviate suffering. He wanted to be involved in philanthropy: improving the state of humanity and the world by addressing the root causes of suffering. He began looking for ways to harness the incredible power of business to make the world better.