Omidyar, a billionaire, former CEO and current chairman of eBay, earlier this month was appointed by Obama to serve on the 28-member President's Commission on White House Fellowships. Omidyar also serves as a trustee of the Punahou School in Hawaii, the elite private high school that Obama graduated from in 1979, and endorsed Obama for president in March 2008.
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