Talk:Jeffrey Skoll

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[edit] Jewish

Jeff Skoll's family was part of Montreal's vibrant Jewish community.

[edit] eBay stock

We say he "remains its second-largest shareholder", but today's Telegraph Magazine says he "sold his stake in the company for $2billion". This March 2004 filing indeed shows him as the second largest stockholder, behind Omidyar. This CNN story from September 2004 says he owned 8% of the company then. This Wired article of Feb 2006 says he started Participant "after cashing out of eBay with $2 billion in his pocket". So it looks like he cached out sometime in late 2004 or in 2005 - do we have a better source as to when? -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 16:02, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I see this line was in the very first version of this article, back in December 2004. MSN Money's list of eBay shareholders shows all the big owners are mutual funds and the like. As we have two sources (telegraph and wired, above) that say he sold his stock for £2B, I'll put that in the article. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 16:35, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Public records seem to indicate he was still a greater than 5% holder of eBay stock in 2006, worth over $2B, on top of stock that might have been sold otherwise in previous years.

[edit] Reference to PQ irrelevant

"Following the 1976 election of the Separatist Parti Québécois as the government of the Province of Quebec, like more than 400,000 other Anglo-Quebecers". This statement does not have its place in an encyclopedic article. They left because they left and that's all, everybody is allowed to move. The PQ influence implied is biased and irrelevant. The idea suggested here is that Québec would be richer now if it werent for the PQ who forced Jeff's family to leave. Wikipedia shouldn't be used for propaganda. 207.35.240.157 17:57, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Is there any indication that the assertion is relevant? Has Skoll said anything about politics having been a factor? Joeldl 07:49, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

The flight of anglophones from Quebec before or after referendums is a well documented and statistically based event, it is a part of Canadian history that is well known.(to canadians at least) User:Justinmcl

Anglophones left Quebec for all sorts of reasons which in individual cases may or may not have had anything to do with the PQ's election. The factual accuracy of the assertion that they left after the PQ was elected is not in question. What is in question is whether there is any relation between the two events. It is POV to make the assumption or even to act as if it is likely that one had anything to do with the other if there is no evidence specific to Skoll. Joeldl 18:01, 7 May 2007 (UTC)