# Source: https://businessownerindex.com/company-reference/omidyar-network-q3352030/

U.S. founder reference library

# Omidyar Network

investment firm founded by Pierre and Pamela Omidyar

## Company context

The public record describes Omidyar Network as investment firm founded by Pierre and Pamela Omidyar. Its recorded founding year is 2004.

Public business description

investment firm founded by Pierre and Pamela Omidyar

Country in source record

United States

Founding year in source record

2004

## Recorded founders

- [Pam Omidyar](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/pam-omidyar-q109732688/) · American philanthropist
- [Pierre Omidyar](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/pierre-omidyar-q348483/) · American entrepreneur and philanthropist; founder of eBay

The linked people are recorded under the company’s founder property in the cited dataset. This is a founding association, rather than a verification of current equity or management responsibility.

## More from the public record

These details describe the cited record as reviewed on October 9, 2026. They may describe an earlier period; they are not a current employment or operating-status check.

Recorded short name

⏻N · [View source field](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3352030#P1813)

## Understanding Omidyar Network in context

Omidyar Network is included because its public company record connects a named business to an identifiable founding team. The business description, “investment firm founded by Pierre and Pamela Omidyar,” supplies the context for that relationship, with a recorded starting year of 2004. The source links 2 people in this library to the founding team. Each has a separate profile, which makes it possible to follow the people behind the business without treating one founder as its sole owner.

The [company website listed in the source](https://www.omidyar.com/) is the next place to research its current offering. Compare the company’s own description, its leadership information, and dated announcements with this reference record before drawing conclusions about today’s business. A founding year describes a historical event; it does not measure business scale, growth, or the length of a founder’s continuing involvement.

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### Questions for researching Omidyar Network

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- Are the founding history and the present operating organization clearly distinguished?
- Where does the provider direct readers to current registration and service information?

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## Research trail

- [Wikidata public record Q3352030](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3352030): company description, country, founding year where present, and founder associations.
- [Omidyar Network website as listed in the public record](https://www.omidyar.com/)

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