Pierre M. Omidyar has served as a director of PayPal since July 2015. He founded eBay in September 1995 and has served as a board member of eBay Inc. since May 1996, and as Chairman of the Board from May 1996 to July 2015. He is the Founding Partner and Chairman of Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm committed to creating opportunity for individuals to improve their lives, and Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Publisher of Civil Beat, an online news service formed in 2010. Mr. Omidyar is also the founder, Chief Executive Officer and publisher of First Look, a mass media new organization established in 2013. Mr. Omidyar serves on the Board of Trustees of Omidyar-Tufts Microfinance Fund, the Punahou School, Santa Fe Institute, and the Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute.