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PayPal

Payments company whose early team founded and funded later Internet businesses.

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Payments company whose early team founded and funded later Internet businesses.

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    1. Chad Hurley→PayPal

      Early employee; met future YouTube co-founders

      worked atDates not recordedCurated evidence
    2. David Sacks→PayPal

      First product leader and chief operating officer

      worked atDates not recordedCurated evidence
    3. eBay→PayPal

      Acquired

      acquiredFrom 2002 · end not recordedCurated evidence
    4. Elon Musk→PayPal

      Co-founded through predecessor X.com and its merger

      foundedDates not recordedCurated evidence
    5. Jawed Karim→PayPal

      Early employee; met future YouTube co-founders

      worked atDates not recordedCurated evidence
    6. Jeremy Stoppelman→PayPal

      Vice president of engineering

      worked atDates not recordedCurated evidence
    7. Luke Nosek→PayPal

      Co-founded

      foundedFrom 1998 · end not recordedCurated evidence
    8. Max Levchin→PayPal

      Co-founded

      foundedFrom 1998 · end not recordedCurated evidence
    9. Peter Thiel→PayPal

      Co-founded

      foundedFrom 1998 · end not recordedCurated evidence
    10. Reid Hoffman→PayPal

      Executive vice president and founding board member

      worked atDates not recordedCurated evidence
    11. Roelof Botha→PayPal

      Chief financial officer

      worked atDates not recordedCurated evidence
    12. Russel Simmons→PayPal

      Employee before Yelp

      worked atDates not recordedCurated evidence
    13. Steve Chen→PayPal

      Early employee; met future YouTube co-founders

      worked atFrom 1999 · end not recordedCurated evidence
    14. PayPal→Internet Association

      Founded

      foundedDates not recordedWikidata statement