eBay company profile
- CEO
- Jamie J. Iannone
- Employees
- 12,300
- Headquarters
- 2025 Hamilton Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125, US
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Specialty Retail
- IPO date
- 24 Sept 1998
- Stock exchange
- NASDAQ
- ISIN
- US2786421030
Website:ebayinc.com
About the company
eBay Inc. manages an extensive global e-commerce ecosystem designed to facilitate transactions between buyers and sellers. This framework primarily encompasses its flagship website, ebay.com, alongside its suite of dedicated mobile applications. Through these digital platforms, users are empowered to list, discover, purchase, and pay for a vast array of goods. These transactions occur across a multitude of channels—online, mobile, and even certain traditional avenues—involving a diverse array of participants. This includes individual sellers, small businesses, and larger entities such as retailers, distributors, liquidators, import/export firms, and auctioneers, often integrating with various commerce platforms, search engines, and shopping networks. The company was established in 1995 and its corporate headquarters are situated in San Jose, California.
Employees
eBay had about 12,300 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 7.0% more than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns eBay
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 92.2% of eBay's shares on 30 June 2026, 1,352 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Common questions about eBay
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