PayPal Mafia!!! A gang of success…
The PayPal Mafia is a group of former PayPal employees who gained fortunes by founding some of Silicon Valley’s most successful technology startups.
A number of well-known businesses, including Tesla, SpaceX, LinkedIn, Palantir Technologies, YouTube, Slide, Yelp, and others, were started or co-founded by members of the PayPal Mafia.
The term Paypal Mafia acquired even more popularity when a 2007 article in Fortune magazine used the term in its title and featured a photo of former PayPal employees dressed as gangsters.
We present to you a list of all the mafia members along with the notable projects they are involved in.
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Peter ThielCo-founder and former CEO
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Elon MuskCo-founder and former CEO
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Max LevchinCo-founder and former CTO
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Reid HoffmanFormer COO
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Luke NosekCo-founder and former VP
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Scott BanisterFormer PayPal board member
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Dave McClureFormer marketing director
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Keith RaboisFormer executive
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Jeremy StoppelmanFormer VP of technology
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Jawed KarimFormer engineer
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David O. SacksFormer COO
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Steve ChenFormer engineer
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Yishan WongFormer senior engineering manager
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Jason PortnoyFormer VP of financial planning
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Russel SimmonsFormer PayPal engineer
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Roelof BothaFormer CFO of PayPal
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Chad HurleyFormer web designer
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Ken HoweryFormer CFO of PayPal
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Andrew McCormackAssistant to CEO