1. Pierre Omidyar
Creator of eBay

2. Biography
Omidyar was born in Paris, France of Iranian parents who had been sent by his grandparents to attend college. His mother, Elahe Mir-Djalali Omidyar, earned his doctorate in linguistics at the Sorbonne and is a renowned academic. His grandfather was a surgeon. The family moved to the US when he was six. Omidyar grew up in Washington, DC, Pierre's interest in computers began at the Potomac School, where he began to rise when he was in the 9th grade. He attended St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Potomac, Maryland. He graduated from St. Andrew's in 1984, and in graduated with a degree in computer science from Tufts University. Shortly after, Omidyar went to work for Claris, a subsidiary of Apple Computer, where he helped write MacDraw. In 1991 he co-founded Ink Development, dedicated to creating user interfaces computer using a pen and tablet, instead of devices such as a keyboard and a mouse. Later the company was renamed later as an e-commerce company called: eShop.

3. How innovated and entrepreneurship?
Pierre was 28 and on a weekend you think of the idea of ​​creating an auction site where unknown users could do business with each other through their computers. The amazing thing about the creation of Pierre realize is that in just one weekend. The site was launched on Labor Day with a September 4, 1995 with the name "The Web auction".

4. What does eBay logo represent?
We are facing a logo with a very powerful name and a palette of very distinctive color and make your most elegant and serious strokes can actually be a smart move , especially in view of potential investors who may perceive in this company a more professional and mature spirit.

5. What is the color psycology?
"I loved the apple logo Colorful and fun game Twister movement and somehow all that gave me the idea for the logo of eBay. The colors Overlaid Were Designed to express the idea of community with eBay “
- Elissa Davis
Red: Energy.
Blue: Efficiency.
Yellow: Creativity.
Green: Tender.

6. How did he expand?
Every moment more users were added, so I needed better servers, which began charging small commissions for sales they will be made through your site, and will also change the name to "eBay" as it is known today this platform auction. The success of eBay in number of users already reached more than one million, attracted several investors began to inject capital into the technology company. These investments allowed the expansion of eBay to the entire territory of U.S. and became the most famous auction site in the country. However, success did not stop there, for in 1998 eBay publicly traded and the results are wonderful, making Pierre multimillionaire, today also is often called "the richest man in Iran" and is a dedicated philanthropist.

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