# eBay founding date

entity: /record/ebay.md  
predicate: founded  
page: /record/ebay/founded  
as_of: 2026-11-01  

As of November 1, 2026, eBay's founding date on the AsOf record is September 3, 1995, dated September 3, 1995, from 2 secondary sources (poynter.org and preceden.com). The record holds 1 claim on eBay's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founding date

What the record asserts on 2026-11-01.

- [eBay](/record/ebay.md) | founded | 1995-09-03 | valid 1995-09-03 to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_EC012DDEFA75](/claim/clm_EC012DDEFA75.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58024, https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2014/today-in-media-history-pierre-omidyar-starts-ebay/, https://www.preceden.com/timeline/history-of-ebay

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [eBay](/record/ebay.md) | founded | 1995-09-03 | valid 1995-09-03 to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_EC012DDEFA75](/claim/clm_EC012DDEFA75.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58024, https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2014/today-in-media-history-pierre-omidyar-starts-ebay/, https://www.preceden.com/timeline/history-of-ebay

## Questions this record answers

### What is eBay's current founding date?

September 3, 1995, dated September 3, 1995, from 2 secondary sources (poynter.org and preceden.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.80).


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/ebay/founded (this fact) · /v1/entities/ebay?predicates=founded (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: timeline(entity: "ebay", predicates: ["founded"]) for every dated value · fetch(id: "/record/ebay/founded.md") for this page
- Entity twin: /record/ebay.md · timeline: /timelines/ebay.md

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