Honored by government officials in 2011 when he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada for his various philanthropic efforts
Joined AMPAS in 2008
Has funded various social activism sites and organizations including www․takepart․com and The Gandhi Project
Established the Skoll Foundation in 1999, a non-profit that connects social entrepreneurs and innovators
Graduated from the University of Toronto with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1987 and later studied at Stanford for his master's certificate
After graduating college, he worked as an engineer for several years before meeting eBay's founder Pierre Omidyar in 1996 who would eventually hire Skoll as the company's first full-time employee
Established Participant Media in 2004 after gaining considerable wealth from his eBay venture, an L․A․ based studio that would go on to produce multiple Oscar-winning films including "Syriana", "An Inconvenient Truth" and "Lincoln", among others
Served as the first-ever President of eBay before Meg Whitman took over in 1998
Cashed out his initial stocks at eBay that earned him around $2 billion
Awards
2008Christopher Award-Feature Films:winner
2009IDA Award-Feature Documentary:nominated
2009Pare Lorentz Award-:nominated
2010Primetime Emmy-Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking:nominated
2011Emmy-Best Documentary:winner
2011Emmy-Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form:winner
2012Christopher Award-Feature Films:winner
2013Christopher Award-Feature Films:winner
2013IDA Award-Best Feature:winner
2013Humanitas Award-:nominated
2015Emmy-Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form:nominated
2016Emmy-Outstanding Coverage of a Current News Story - Long Form:nominated
2017Emmy-Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary:nominated
2018Christopher Award-Feature Films:winner
2018Emmy-Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary:nominated
2019Black Reel-Outstanding TV Movie/Limited Series:winner
2019Gotham Independent Film Award-Breakthrough Series - Longform:winner
2019Emmy-Outstanding Social Issue Documentary:nominated