About the Skoll Centre
The Skoll Centre was launched in 2003 at the Saïd Business School, Oxford University to promote the advancement of social entrepreneurship worldwide. It was founded with a generous grant from Jeff Skoll, the largest funding ever received by a business school for an international programme in social entrepreneurship.
The first Skoll Skollars were welcomed in the fall of 2004, and the first Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship quickly followed that same year.
About the Skoll Foundation
The Skoll Foundation was created in 1999 by Jeff Skoll, to promote his vision of a more peaceful and prosperous world. Today the Skoll Foundation drives large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs and other innovators dedicated to solving the world’s most pressing problems. By identifying the people and programs already bringing positive changes to communities throughout the world, the Skoll Foundation empowers them to extend their reach, deepen their impact and fundamentally improve society.
About Jeff Skoll
Jeff Skoll is founding President of eBay and has a track record of launching businesses that result in positive social change. In addition to the Skoll Centre, Jeff also founded the Skoll Foundation(1999) , Participant Media (2004) and the Skoll Urgent Threats Fund (2009 ). Jeff believes that strategic investments in the right people can have a lasting social impact.