Sunday, October 16, 2005

Mercury News article on Jeff Skoll - EBAY Founder

Posted on Fri, Oct. 14, 2005
San Jose Mercury News



MAGNATE: FILMS MUST `EDUCATE AND INSPIRE'
By Bruce Newman
Mercury News


HOLLYWOOD - Jeff Skoll -- the shy multibillionaire co-founder of eBay -- left Silicon Valley last year, and set out to test his theory ``that people are basically good'' on the movie industry.

At first, people quite naturally assumed he must be demented. But employing many of the same business principles he used at eBay, Skoll assembled a slate of movies, the first of which begins rolling out today.

Complete article, goto:

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/12902854.htm