7 Most Successful People In Online Retail Businesses

Pierre Omidyar, Founder, eBay:

Pierre Omidyar is a French-born Iranian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist who is the founder of the eBay auction site and served as Chairman from 1998 to 2015. He became a billionaire at the age of 31 with eBay's 1998 Initial Public Offering (IPO). Pierre graduated from Tufts University in 1988 with a degree in computer science and he worked for both Macintosh and Apple before founding eBay.

Qiangdong Liu, Founder, JD.com:

Qiangdong Liu is a Chinese Internet entrepreneur  and the co-founder of JD.com (Jingdong Mall), one of the leading e-commerce industry leaders in China. On Hurun Report's China Rich List 2013, Liu was ranked 257th with a net worth of U.S.$1.06 billion. With JD.com's IPO in the U.S. on May 22, 2014, his net worth has surged to $6.1 billion. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 1996.

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