JG etc.

$4.55 billion in revenue a year and 12,000 employees later. One of AuctionWeb’s first listings:

Autographed Marky Mark Underwear
Current bid: $400
Auction ends on: 09/25/95, 10:09:29 PDT
Auction started on: 09/11/95, 10:09:29 PDT

Also of interest is the fact that the whole pez dispenser story was just PR blah. Rafer had told me this and Wikipedia confirms it.

The frequently repeated story that eBay was founded to help Omidyar’s fiancée trade PEZ Candy dispensers was fabricated by a public relations manager in 1997 to interest the media. This was revealed in Adam Cohen’s 2002 book and confirmed by eBay.