Jeffrey Skoll Net Worth

Jeffrey Skoll has an estimated net worth of $5.9 billion, according to Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, Jeffrey Skoll profile (figures as of October 20, 2026). That is up from $4.7 billion in 2019.

Jeffrey Skoll is an internet entrepreneur, investor, film producer, and philanthropist. He became well known in technology after joining eBay in 1995 as its first full-time hire and president. He met founder Pierre Omidyar while studying for an MBA at Stanford University. Skoll stayed until 2001, leaving after eBay's IPO. He later built Capricorn Investment Group and used his eBay fortune to back social impact work through the Skoll Foundation and media projects.

A big part of Skoll's public profile came from Participant, the film company he founded in 2004. Its early releases in 2005 included Syriana, Good Night, and Good Luck, North Country, and Murderball, which together earned 11 Oscar nominations in 2006. Participant also produced An Inconvenient Truth and later films including Waiting for "Superman," Lincoln, and Spotlight. In 2024, after 2 decades, Skoll said he was shutting down Participant Media. He also launched Pivot TV in 2013 and closed it in 2016.

How Jeffrey Skoll built his wealth

Skoll's wealth started with eBay. He joined in 1995 as the company's first full-time employee and president, after meeting Pierre Omidyar at Stanford. He left in 2001, after the IPO. Wikipedia says he later founded Capricorn Investment Group and serves as chairman. That gave him another lane in finance, but the main source tied to his fortune is still eBay, according to Forbes, which places him in the technology industry.

He also put large amounts of money into philanthropy and media. Since 1999, the Skoll Foundation and Skoll Fund have distributed about $1.3 billion around the world. The foundation has hosted the Skoll World Forum since 2004, bringing together leaders from business, government, philanthropy, and civil society. On the entertainment side, Participant made films such as An Inconvenient Truth, while Pivot TV was a separate cable project that ran from 2013 to 2016.

Forbes net worth updates

Forbes estimated Skoll's fortune at $4.7 billion in 2019. It then moved to $4.6 billion in 2020, rose to $6 billion in 2021, and dropped to $4.8 billion in 2022. In 2023, Forbes put him at $4.2 billion, before increasing the estimate to $4.5 billion in 2024. Those changes happened while his long-running work stayed centered on technology, investing, philanthropy, and Participant, which he announced in 2024 would shut down.

The more recent Forbes figures show another climb. Forbes valued him at $5.2 billion in 2025 and $5.3 billion in 2026 on its World's Billionaires List. On Forbes' real-time billionaires tracker, his current estimate is $5.9 billion as of October 20, 2026. Skoll is self-made by Forbes' classification, and his money story is closely tied to the eBay stake that launched his career in technology and funded later investing and philanthropic work.