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
