The largest shareholder is Pierre Omidyar, with 108,338,308 shares in 2013.
Do they own any traditional media businesses?
Ebay owns no traditional media businesses.
What other internet sites do they own?
Acquisition date
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Company
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Business
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Country
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Value (USD)
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July 16, 1998
|
—
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April 27, 1999
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$260,000,000
|
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May 18, 1999
|
—
|
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May 18, 1999
|
—
|
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June 22, 1999
|
$43,000,000
|
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October 1999
|
—
|
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June 13, 2000
|
$318,000,000
|
|||
December 12, 2000
|
—
|
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January 8, 2001
|
$120,000,000
|
|||
March 5, 2001
|
$66,000,000
|
|||
July 8, 2002
|
$1,500,000,000
|
|||
January 31, 2003
|
—
|
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July 11, 2003
|
$150,000,000
|
|||
January 24, 2004
|
$152,000,000
|
|||
June 22, 2004
|
$50,000,000
|
|||
August 14, 2004
|
$13,500,000
|
|||
November 10, 2004
|
$290,000,000
|
|||
December 16, 2004
|
$415,000,000
|
|||
May 18, 2005
|
—
|
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May 19, 2005
|
—
|
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June 2, 2005
|
$620,000,000
|
|||
June 30, 2005
|
OpusForum.org
|
—
|
||
September 13, 2005
|
$2,600,000,000
|
|||
April 24, 2006
|
$48,000,000
|
|||
May 30, 2007
|
$75,000,000
|
|||
January 10, 2007
|
$310,000,000
|
|||
May 3, 2007
|
$217,500,000
|
|||
March 9, 2006
|
$10,000,000
|
|||
January 29, 2008
|
$169,000,000
|
|||
October 6, 2008
|
$1,200,000,000
|
|||
October 6, 2008
|
$390,000,000
|
|||
January 8, 2009
|
-
|
|||
March 15, 2010
|
$225,000,000
|
|||
June 23, 2010
|
$10,000,000
|
|||
December 2, 2010
|
Milo.com
|
Shopping Engine
|
$75,000,000
|
|
March 28, 2011
|
Marketing/Fulfillment
|
$2,400,000,000
|
||
March 28, 2011
|
Local Search and Recommendation
|
$135,000,000
|
||
July 7, 2011
|
Zong
|
Payments through mobile carrier
billing
|
$240,000,000
|
|
September 8, 2011
|
The Gifts Project
|
Group purchasing of gifts
|
$50,000,000
|
|
September 8, 2011
|
Product recommendations
|
$80,000,000
|
||
December 11, 2011
|
Zvents
|
Local Events
|
—
|
|
September 6, 2012
|
Social shopping
|
—
|
||
September 6, 2013
|
Decide.com
|
Price-Forecasting
|
—
|
|
September 26, 2013
|
Payments
|
$800,000,000
|
||
September 27, 2013
|
Bureau of Trade
|
Content / Commerce
|
-
|
|
October 22, 2013
|
Rapid Fulfillment Service
|
-
|
||
February
19, 2014
|
Virtual
Clothing
|
-
|
What is its revenue?
$16.05 billion in 2013
What is it's overall worth?
$60 billion
5 key facts about eBay?
eBay was Originally Called AuctionWeb
The Most Expensive eBay.com Purchase: A Jet for $4.9 million in 2001.
One third of eBay purchases in 2013 are made by smartphone or tablet.
eBay generated total sales of $175 billion across the world in 2012.
British eBay buyers buy more than any other nation in the world by head of population. More even than the Americans, Germans and Japanese.
3 quotes about eBay
What makes eBay successful - the real value and the real power at eBay - is the community. It's the buyers and sellers coming together and forming a marketplace - Pierre Omidyar
eBay has defined e-commerce - Meg Whitman
Ebay's success as a company depends on the success of the community of sellers - Pierre Omidyar
2 Linked eBay articles summarised
LIST KEY INFO STATED ON COMPANYS HOMEPAGE
