#8 Pierre Omidyar

Net Worth, $6.7 Billion

The legend is that Pierre Omidyar created eBay to help his girlfriend sell her collection of Pez candy dispensers.

Omidyar was 28 when he sat down over a long holiday weekend to write the original computer code for what would eventually become an internet superbrand — the auction site eBay. The site was launched on Labor Day, Monday, September 4, 1995, as "Auction Web"; it was hosted on a site Omidyar had created for information on the ebola virus. The word 'eBay' was made up on the fly by Omidyar when he was told that his first choice for his web site, 'echobay,' had already been registered. Not wanting to make a second trip to Sacramento, he came up with 'eBay.'

17 years later and eBay has a market cap of $56 billion and Pierre Omidyar has a net worth of $6.7 billion! Omidyar has long since retired and has pledged to give 90% of his money to charity before he dies! Pierre Omidyar is the richest person in Hawaii and lives in a stunning mansion in Honolulu.

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