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3rd September 1995 ko San Jose, California mai AuctionWeb ke naam se online auction website ki bunyaad, aik 32 years old French-born Iranian-American computer programmer Pierre Omidyar ne dali.
Early 1996 mai Chris Agarpao ko eBay ke pehle mulazim aur Jeffrey Skoll ko pehle president ki haisiat se shamil kya gaya. November 1996 mai os ne Electronic Travel Auction company se pehli third-party licensing deal ki, awr SmartMarket Technology ko istemal kertay hoye os ne plane ticket aur doosri travel product sell kerni shuru ki. 1996 mai comany ne 250,000 auction kiye jabkeh 1997 mai sirf 1st month yani January mai os ne 2,000,000 auctions kiye. September 1997 mai company ka purana name AuctionWeb ko eBay mai tabdeel ker dia gaya.
March 1998 mai Meg Whitman ko eBay ka President aur CEO banaya gaya. os waqt company mai 30 mulazmeen, half a million user, aur USA mai $4.7 million ka revenues tha. 21st September 1998 ko eBay public mai gayee aur dekhtay hi dekhtay Omidyar aur Skoll billionaires ban gaye. eBay ne apne share ki qeemat $18 rakha tha jo pehle hi din $53.50 tak pohnch gayee.
waqt guzarne ke saath saath company mazeed grow kerti gayee aur woh na sirf collectable item balke har woh item farokht kerne lagi jo saleable tha. February 2002 mai company ne IBazar aur October 2002 mai PayPal ko khareed lya. early 2008 tak company worldwide ho gayee, os ke registered user ki taadad hundred of millions tak pohonch gayee, 15000 se zayed mulazmeen aur $7.7 billion revenues ho gaya.
March 2008 mai John Donahoe ko eBay ka President aur CEO banaya gaya, jabkeh Whiteman ko Board of Directors mai rehne dya gaya aur woh 2008 tak Donahoe ko mufeed mashwara detay rahe. late 2009 ko company ne Skype ko $2.75 billion mai farokht ker dya jab keh company ki 30% equity apne paas hi rehne di.
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