Original sentence: In September 1998, eBay launched a successful public offering, making both Omidyar and Skoll billionaires.Omidyar was 28 when he sat down over a long holiday weekend to write the original computer code for what eventually became an Internet superbrand — the auction site eBay.The service was free at first, but started charging in order to cover Internet service provider costs.The site was launched on Labor Day, Monday, 4 September 1995, under the more prosaic title of "Auction Web"; it was hosted on a site Omidyar had created for information on the ebola virus
Edited sentence: In September 1998, eBay launched a successful public offering, making both Omidyar and Skoll billionaires — 3 years after Omidyar created eBay.Pierre Omidyar was just 28 when he sat down over a long holiday weekend to write the original computer code for what eventually became an Internet superbrand — the auction site eBay.The service was free at first, but started charging in order to cover internet service provider costs.The site was launched Labor Day, Monday, 4 September 1995, under the more prosaic title of "Auction Web"; it was hosted on a site Omidyar had created for information on the ebola virus