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	Jeffrey Skoll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jeffrey Skoll (born 1965) is a Canadian born businessman who lives in San Jose, California.
		When Skoll was fourteen years old, his father was diagnosed with cancer, which prompted him to discuss with his son how much he regretted not having had the time to do everything he had planned in life.
		Skoll is a noted philanthropist and has been honoured several times for his generosity.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jeffrey_Skoll (668 words)

	After eBay, Skoll bids to do good through socially conscious films - The Boston Globe
		On a recent sunny morning, Skoll, 40, is talking about his childhood and, without apparent irony, his dreams for a better tomorrow.
		Also at the festival was the Skoll project ''The World According to Sesame Street," a documentary showing how the popular children's program is localized for kids in Bangladesh, Kosovo, and South Africa.
		Skoll says it's too early to know how effective the campaigns are.
	www.boston.com /ae/movies/articles/2006/02/12/after_ebay_skoll_bids_to_do_good_through_socially_conscious_films (999 words)

	Social Edge \| Calendar of Events -- empowered by the Skoll Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Join Jeff Skoll and Sally Osberg to learn how Social Edge was conceived and why they believe the social sector will benefit from the virtues of a community where people can congregate to share, learn, discuss and debate important issues of interest.
		Skoll was vital to spearheading the remarkable phenomenon of the eBay community, now more than 60 million strong.
		Prior to joining Skoll, Sally was Executive Director of the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, leading all aspects of the museum's capital development, strategic positioning, and public programming from its inception.
	www.socialedge.org /Events/WhySocialEdge/event_overview.wrp?293@702.UXJya2WUjSd.0@ (354 words)

	php-deluxe.net - description Jeffrey Skoll
		Skoll was born in Montreal, Quebec and family stayed until 1978 when they moved to Toronto.
		When Skoll was fourteen years old, his father suffered from cancer, which prompted him to discuss with his son how much he regretted not having had the time to do everything he had planned in his life.
		A keen reader, Skoll was influenced by authors such as Aldous Huxley and Ayn Rand and intended to become an author writing motivational books and books on tackling the world s problems.
	www.php-deluxe.net /encyclopedia,index.page,Jeffrey-Skoll.htm (648 words)

	Jeffrey Skoll BASc/MBA Program - Jeffrey Skoll
		Jeffrey Skoll, who was eBay’s first employee and first president, is a 1987 graduate of the University of Toronto’s electrical engineering program.
		Among the Skoll Foundation’s initiatives are three award programs, an online community called Social Edge at, a four-part public television documentary on social entrepreneurs called “The New Heroes” and the annual Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship at the newly established Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the Said Business School, Oxford University, England.
		Skoll directs his investment group and leads a venture in Hollywood to produce feature films highlighting social entrepreneurs who overcome the injustice of social inequity.
	www.rotman.utoronto.ca /skoll/skoll.htm (330 words)

	Engology.com, Engineer Jeff Skoll Vice-President and Co-founder of eBay, Professional/Chartered Engineering, Women in ...
		Skoll serves as chairman of the Skoll Foundation and plays a critical role in continually building the foundation, which ranks in the top tier of foundations nationally.
		Skoll was identified by Business Week as one of the most innovative philanthropists of the past decade.
		Through the Skoll Foundation, I now have a chance to make a difference in that equation, and we are working with some of the greatest entrepreneurs in the non-profit world to make the world a better place.
	www.engology.com /eng5skoll.htm (2687 words)

	U of T Magazine -- University of Toronto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Skoll graduates are also prepared to join the workforce as entrepreneurs, leaders in technology-based ventures such as biotechnology and managers in software development or any other modern business.
		Jeffrey Skoll, the first employee of the online auction house eBay Inc., contributed $7.5 million to establish the Skoll program, the first in Canada to combine engineering and management skills.
		Skoll’s remaining $4.5-million donation, which was matched by the University of Toronto to total $9 million, endowed three new chairs – two in the Edward S. Rogers Sr.
	www.magazine.utoronto.ca /04spring/programs.asp (1834 words)

	ASEE PRISM - September 2005 - PLANTING THE SEED - By Pierre Home-Douglas
		One of the obvious appeals of the Skoll Program is the opportunity for students to jump-start their business and engineering career.
		I chose the Skoll program because it gave me the opportunity to fast track into the MBA program without having to work for several extra years in a position that wasn’t aligned with my career goals.” Fellow 2005 Skoll graduate Hao Hu says simply, “I saved a couple of years.
		Skoll himself speaks about the time he was approached by a fellow named Pierre Omidyar in the mid-1990s with the idea of building a company to buy and sell merchandise online.
	www.prism-magazine.org /sept05/feature_planting.cfm (1499 words)

	New appointments at the School of business: 3/00
		The Jeffrey S. Skoll Professorship was created with a gift from the Internet executive who received his MBA from the Business School in 1995.
		In creating the endowed chair that bears his name, Jeffrey Skoll asked that it go to a faculty member whose accomplishments and research focus on entrepreneurship, business innovation and/or the significance of electronic technologies in business practice.
		Skoll is among the youngest graduates to support the university with a major gift.
	www.stanford.edu /dept/news/report/news/2000/march8/buschairs-38.html (1177 words)

	News@UofT -- $3.75-million gift gives students competitive edge -- April 5, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Barely four years after donating the money to create Canada’s only joint engineering and MBA program, University of Toronto alumnus Jeffrey Skoll is now providing millions of dollars in scholarships to make the innovative program available to more students.
		Skoll, first president of eBay and now head of the philanthropic Skoll Foundation, is donating $3.75 million to help expand enrolment in the Skoll BASc/MBA Program, which fast tracks students combining a technical and business education.
		Jeffrey Skoll’s latest gift, coupled with the province’s match, will give more students the opportunity to prepare themselves to thrive in this environment.
	www.newsandevents.utoronto.ca /bin5/040405b.asp (719 words)

	News@UofT -- Technology visionaries to receive honorary degrees -- June 11, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Jeffrey Skoll is the co-founder and first president of eBay, a globally successful Internet company that takes an active role in philanthropy.
		In 2002, Skoll was identified by BusinessWeek as one of the most innovative philanthropists of the decade.
		Skoll will speak to graduating students who will receive their bachelor of applied science/MBA and master of engineering degrees.
	www.newsandevents.utoronto.ca /bin5/030611a.asp (318 words)

	JS Online: Billionaire makes bid on message movies
		On a recent sunny morning, Skoll, 40, is talking about his childhood and his dreams for a better tomorrow.
		Skoll also financed the distribution of "Murderball," a documentary about wheelchair rugby players, and the PBS television series "New Heroes," hosted by Robert Redford.
		Skoll financed a project whereby "Gandhi" was dubbed into Arabic and shown in refugee camps in Palestine.
	www.jsonline.com /story/index.aspx?id=390552&format=print (1070 words)

	Civil Engineering - Jeffrey Skoll B.A.Sc./M.B.A. Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Jeffrey Skoll BASc/MBA program enables students to complete all the requirements for both a major engineering degree (the BASc) and a major management degree (the MBA) in just under seven years of study.
		Students are eligible to apply for the program in their third year of study (or while on PEY after third year).
		The program provides an accelerated route to a career as a technological entrepreneur, as a manager or executive in a technology-based or technology-reliant business, or in the public sector where technology management is critical.
	www.civil.engineering.utoronto.ca /English/Jeffrey-Skoll-B.html (208 words)

	The Anti-Poverty Campaign: Skoll World Forum
		Jeffrey Skoll, former eBay CEO, has donated $250 million to the Skoll Foundation to fund social entrepreneurship initiatives worldwide.
		One of the more interesting videos from the event is a session with Al Gore and David Gore discussing their new investment firm Generation, discussing how they integrate social factors like carbon emissions per dollar of profit.
		Skoll-- We'd love an invite next year as a delegate if a spot is available.
	www.antipovertycampaign.org /2006/04/skoll-world-forum.html (229 words)

	Citizens of Heaven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Jeffrey Skoll has a passion for social entrepreneurship – the use of business skills to attack social problems.
		Jeff Skilling and Jeffrey Skoll are two very able businessmen possessing enormous talent, energy and passion – but one sought to enrich himself and the other to enrich the world.
		For Jeffrey Skoll, making money is not the goal of life; it’s making a difference that counts, particularly in the lives society counts least and puts last.
	www.stbartschurch.org /sermarch/2004/sb030704.html (2007 words)

	syriana-review(New).html
		I've already received some heat from Mike for mentioning that The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was partially financed by Walden Media, which is run by a rich, socially conservative, Christian Republican.
		A lawyer (Jeffrey Wright) working for Plummer is asked to shepherd the merger through the minefields of government approval.
		Jeffrey Wright, the most underrated actor in Hollywood (Angels in America, Broken Flowers) has another great character role here.
	geoff-at-the-movies.com /syriana-review.html (807 words)

	Lights, Action, And Bleeding Hearts - OTWA Community Auction Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Skoll's company, Participant Productions, is off to a rousing start in its quest to promote social awareness on the big screen.
		But Skoll, who launched his firm with $100 million in early 2004, is not your usual rich dilettante (though the Financial Times did name him one of eight most eligible billionaire bachelors).
		Skoll plans to look at things such as how much a film raises for nonprofit partners and how active social networks on the Web sites become.
	www.otwa.com /community/showthread.php?t=35303 (829 words)

	The Skoll Foundation \| Board and Staff \| Jeff Skoll
		In 1999 Jeff created the Skoll Foundation, which takes an entrepreneurial approach to philanthropy by investing in, connecting and celebrating the world's most promising social entrepreneurs in order to effect lasting, positive social change worldwide.
		Through its Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship, the Foundation provides mezzanine financing and complementary services to leading social entrepreneurs whose innovations are poised for growth and replication.
		Sally really is following Skoll’s first rule of public speaking: that it’s best to be introduced by someone you’ve hired for an important job.
	www.skollfoundation.org /aboutskoll/bio/skoll.asp (511 words)

	University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering Calendar 2000 - 2001
		Further details about the Skoll Program will be available through the Registrars Office and the PEY Office in late March, 2000, well ahead of the June 15th, 2000 application date.
		Students who are interested in the Skoll Program are encouraged to investigate and complete the GMAT as soon as possible [see www.gmat.org].
		Students who are accepted into the Skoll Program will be advised by their respective Undergraduate Student Counsellors to ensure that they complete the required set of courses in 4F, consistent with the guidelines of the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board, CEAB
	www.ecf.toronto.edu /apsc/registrar/calendars/2000-2001/skoll.htm (815 words)

	Lights, Camera, Social Action!
		Then Skoll talks about his childhood and, without apparent irony, his dreams for a better tomorrow.
		Often, when moviemakers talk about "doing good," what they mean is that their earnings are calculated by gross points on the back end, plus a cut of merchandising.
		But Skoll, the boyish former president of eBay, moved from Silicon Valley to Los Angeles two years ago to literally "do good" by making films with socially valuable lessons.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/27/AR2006012700342.html (622 words)

	Jeffrey Skoll, The World's Richest People - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		He is no longer involved with the company, though, and is now turning his attention to the movies.
		Skoll was executive producer of North Country, starring Charlize Theron, and two recent George Clooney films, including Syriana.
		U.S. indexes are delayed at least 15 minutes with the exception of Nasdaq, Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 which are 2 minutes delayed.
	www.forbes.com /lists/2006/10/PB9U.html (192 words)

	The Revealer: Undercover at the Movies
		In a play at "balance," Anderson assures his readers that liberals are engaged in the same surreptitious film-as-propaganda game.
		He extols the work of Jeffrey Skoll, ("the left’s [Philip] Anschutz" -- the conservative billionaire behind Walden Media -- Anderson says), a Canadian billionaire fighting that same Hollywood monolith we keep hearing about.
		Skoll is the good Samaritan, we are left to assume, who only makes money-losing movies, such as the documentary Murderball, or the upcoming Good Night and Good Luck and North Country.
	www.therevealer.org /archives/today_002114.php (196 words)

	Giving to the University of Toronto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Chair in Software Engineering is aimed at advancing innovative thinking, teaching and research in engineering at U of T. Jeffrey Skoll, an electrical engineering alumnus and the first president of eBay, gave $1.5 million to create the chair in 1999.
		Skoll invested a total of $5 million (US) to establish two chairs in engineering, the Chair in Software Engineering and the Chair in Computer Networks and Innovation, as well as the Chair in Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management.
		The remaining funds assisted with the construction of the Bahen Center, where the Jeffrey Skoll BASc/MBA Program in Engineering and Management is located.
	www.giving.utoronto.ca /chairs/showchairs.asp?ID=28 (193 words)

	Maverick » Mentors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		I met Jeff Skoll at Oxford University in 2004.
		I have had the fortune of seeking his advice when I see him eachyear at Oxford and via email throughout the year.
		Skoll’s eBay era: He became acquainted with eBay’s founder Pierre Omidyar who hired him as the company’s first president and first full-time employee.
	jcarvy.com /press?page_id=75 (974 words)

	Engineering Recruitment - Skoll Program: BASc/MBA
		The Jeffrey Skoll BASc/MBA program allows students to complete all the requirements for both a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) and a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA).
		In addition to the academic experience, the Skoll program includes two years of both technical and management experience through the Professional Experience Year (PEY) and the Management Experience Year (MEY) internships.
		Students in all nine undergraduate engineering programs are eligible to apply in their third year of study.
	www.prospective.engineering.utoronto.ca /English/Skoll-combined-BASC-BMA.html (255 words)

	A Guy Who Knows the Power of a Story \| Participate.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		I was delighted to discover two weeks ago that somebody — Jeffrey Skoll — is actually implementing the very ideas that the book promotes.
		I believe that entertainment through fiction (especially on the screen) is the most powerful means of fostering beneficial social change.
		I have seen successful models on UPN and also seen those soap operas of which you speak, they use them in Africa and such places...But how effective can it be if programming isn't backed.
	dev.participate.net /node/165 (1659 words)

	PLANTING THE SEED ASEE Prism - Find Articles
		The Jeffrey Skoll Foundation he founded in 1999 has financed everything from an organization that enables native artisans to sell their products online to programs that help educate girls in poor, rural communities in Africa.
		One of his most far-reaching gifts - at least for his fellow engineers - may turn out to be his decision in 2000 to spend $7.5 million to endow three chairs at his alma mater and establish the Jeffrey Skoll BaSc/MBA Program.
		The first graduating class in 2003 numbered just three students; 17 students are scheduled to graduate in the spring of 2006, a number Skoll officials would like to see grow to what they consider an optimal number-25 -in the next few years.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3797/is_200509/ai_n15639832 (231 words)

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