The online auction company eBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar, A French software developer, on September 3, 1995, as a a place where his girlfriend could buy and sell Pez dispensers. Watch some interviews about eBay’s practices, growth, and future…

Even a few years is an eternity in internet time. These few news stories and interviews about ebay give a perspective already distant from our experience today.

Charlie Rose:
Watch a conversation with eBay president and CEO Meg Whitman who tells the story of her company and discusses plans for future growth. Originally aired 3/07/2001.

NewsHour:
Watch “Bidding for Success,” (Originally aired August 15, 2002)
Watch “eBay,” (Originally aired September 25, 2000)

Column by Robert X. Cringely: “The eBay Way: How Auction Sites Like eBay Turn Retail Economics on Its Ear for the Betterment of Just About Everybody,” July 25, 2002

Today, the Internet site based in San Jose, California, facilitates auctions of antiques, sports memorabilia, fine arts, music, electronics and thousands of other categories, including a new site called WorldofGood.com, which allows online shoppers to buy products produced with social and environmental goals in mind.