Pierre-2 ‹ Return to Pam & Pierre Omidyar: Philanthropists for the 21st Century Posted on August 30, 2017 by user Pierre Omidyar, founder and chairman of EBay Inc., left, and his wife Pamela Omidyar, stand for a photograph during the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy award ceremony in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011.