Gil Penchina

Penchina attributes most of his success to luck, which he believes is a combination of good timing and some preparation. He says that he has ...

Penchina discusses the process of finding entrepreneurs and then investing in them.

Penchina describes the exact facts and skills he learned in engineering school and business school that he finds useful today while running his business.

Wikia CEO Gil Penchina discusses the steps that entrepreneurs should take when entering a new and unfamiliar global market.

Penchina shares some of his failures and discusses lessons learned from them.

Penchina emphasizes the importance of people skills and reveals some lessons he wish he knew when he was in school.

Penchina discusses his interest and involvement in angel investing.

Penchina shares his thoughts on the differences in working in a start-up versus a big company and the skills he leveraged while moving from a ...

Gil Penchina, CEO of Wikia, talks about the things that attracted him to eBay and the vision he had of where the company was going ...

Penchina discusses how a start-up like eBay has transformed over time to a big company.