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.
Peter ThielCo-founder and former CEO
Elon MuskCo-founder and former CEO
Max LevchinCo-founder and former CTO
Reid HoffmanFormer COO
Luke NosekCo-founder and former VP
Scott BanisterFormer PayPal board member
Dave McClureFormer marketing director
Keith RaboisFormer executive
Jeremy StoppelmanFormer VP of technology
Jawed KarimFormer engineer
David O. SacksFormer COO
Steve ChenFormer engineer
Yishan WongFormer senior engineering manager
Jason PortnoyFormer VP of financial planning
Russel SimmonsFormer PayPal engineer
Roelof BothaFormer CFO of PayPal
Chad HurleyFormer web designer
Ken HoweryFormer CFO of PayPal
Andrew McCormackAssistant to CEO