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A technology entrepreneur, software engineer, and philanthropist, [ 6 ] he is the founder of eBay , where he served as chairman from to Omidyar is a long-term Democratic Party donor. Parviz Morad Omidyar was born on June 21, , in Paris , the son of Iranian parents who had immigrated to France for higher education. He was named Parviz.

The family immigrated to the United States when Omidyar was a child; his father worked as a urologist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He now practices in Aliso Viejo, California. Omidyar attended Punahou School in Honolulu for two years. He now serves on its board of trustees. He graduated in from St. Andrew's Episcopal School , Potomac, Maryland.

He started his undergraduate studies at Tufts University , and finished it at the University of California, Berkeley , graduating with a B. Shortly after studying at Berkeley, Omidyar started working for Claris , an Apple Computer subsidiary.

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In , at 28, Omidyar began to write the original computer code for an online venue to enable the listing of a direct person-to-person auction for collectible items. He created a simple prototype on his web page. On Labor Day , Monday, September 4, , he launched an online service called Auction Web, which would eventually be developed as the auction site eBay.

The service was originally one of several items on Omidyar's website eBay. His website also had a section devoted to the Ebola virus , among other topics.