Mark Evans

Jeff, Can You Spare a Dime?

Canadian Business magazine has published its list of the 100 richest Canadians (no Warren Buffet-like trillionaires, mind you) and Jeff Skoll ranks #3 with C$6.66-billion. The Montreal-born Skoll was one of the eBay's first employees and hit the Internet jackpot thanks to a lot of really cheap stock options. These days, Skoll is actively involved in philanthropy, as well as film production through Los Angeles-based Participant Productions, which aims to make “socially relevant, commercially viable” feature films (whatever that means). Truth be told, Skoll is one of the most decent people you'll meet. For more on Participant Productions' success, check out this ABC News story.