VIDEO — Pierre Omidyar on Philanthropy

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UPDATED 11/29/11 2:20 p.m.

Civil Beat CEO and publisher Pierre Omidyar delivered the keynote address on philanthropy at 12 p.m. on Tuesday at a nonprofit summit put on by the Conference of Nonprofit Communities of Hawaii.

Pierre is an entrepreneur and philanthropist who is best known as the founder of eBay. Starting from the premise that people are basically good, Pierre created eBay in 1995 — an online platform that gives people equal access to information, opportunity, and tools to pursue their goals.

Pierre and his wife Pam are active philanthropists who believe that every person has the power to make a difference.

As part of his keynote, Pierre shared with attendees lessons learned through his experience an entrepreneur and philanthropist. Watch a video of his appearance at the event below:

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