document.write("\n\n\n  <div class=\"cbw_subcontent_left\">\n    <a href=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/person/pierre-omidyar\"><img src=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0002/0742/20742v3-max-150x150.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Pierre Omidyar image\" /></a>\n  </div>\n\n<div class=\"cbw_subcontent_right\">    \n <table>\n   \n \t\n \t\n \t  <tr>\n \t  \t<td class=\"td_left\">Companies:</td>\n \t  \t<td class=\"td_right\">\n \t  \t\n \t    <a href=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/company/ebay\">eBay</a>, <a href=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/omidyar-network\">Omidyar Network</a>, <a href=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/company/seesmic\">Seesmic</a>, <a href=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/company/ginx\">Ginx</a>\n \t    </td>\n \t  </tr>\n \t\n </table>\t\n \t\n  <p>Pierre launched eBay on Labor Day 1995 as an experiment in how a level playing field would affect the efficiency of a marketplace. Today, more than one million people rely on eBay as their primary or secondary source of income, and more than 200&#8230; <a href=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/person/pierre-omidyar\" title=\"Learn More\">Learn More</a></p>\n\n</div>\n")