PayPal

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

Documented connections

1. eBay ↗

   eBay · Acquired · PayPal · 2002

   Affirm ↗
2. Steve Chen ↗

   Steve Chen · Early employee; met future YouTube co-founders · PayPal · 1999

   Sequoia Capital ↗
3. Peter Thiel ↗

   Peter Thiel · Co-founded · PayPal · 1998

   Founders Fund ↗Sequoia Capital ↗
4. Max Levchin ↗

   Max Levchin · Co-founded · PayPal · 1998

   Affirm ↗Sequoia Capital ↗
5. Luke Nosek ↗

   Luke Nosek · Co-founded · PayPal · 1998

   Gigafund ↗Sequoia Capital ↗
6. Reid Hoffman ↗

   Reid Hoffman · Executive vice president and founding board member · PayPal

   Greylock ↗
7. David Sacks ↗

   David Sacks · First product leader and chief operating officer · PayPal

   Craft Ventures ↗
8. Chad Hurley ↗

   Chad Hurley · Early employee; met future YouTube co-founders · PayPal

   Sequoia Capital ↗
9. Jawed Karim ↗

   Jawed Karim · Early employee; met future YouTube co-founders · PayPal

   Sequoia Capital ↗
10. Roelof Botha ↗

    Roelof Botha · Chief financial officer · PayPal

    Sequoia Capital ↗
11. Jeremy Stoppelman ↗

    Jeremy Stoppelman · Vice president of engineering · PayPal

    Yelp ↗
12. Russel Simmons ↗

    Russel Simmons · Employee before Yelp · PayPal

    Yelp ↗
13. Elon Musk ↗

    Elon Musk · Co-founded through predecessor X.com and its merger · PayPal

    Tesla ↗