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“Participant (Productions) is the only production company in town that has a double bottom line: social good plus financial returns. It's too early to tell how our returns are going to look - though all signs are promising - but social good is what we're really after.”

Quote by Jeffrey Skoll

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Jeffrey Skoll is an engineer and entrepreneur, born on January 16, 1965. He is renowned for being the first president of eBay and for his subsequent work in philanthropy and film production. more

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