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former paypal cfo who became a partner at founders fund and served as the us ambassador to sweden during the first trump administration and us ambassador to denmark during the second trump administration chad hurley former paypal web designer who co founded youtube eric m jackson who wrote the book the paypal wars became chief executive officer of wnd books and co founded caplinked jawed karim former paypal engineer who co founded youtube founder of yventures dave mcclure former paypal marketing director who co founded 500 global and became a super angel investor for startup companies andrew mccormack founding partner at valar ventures luke nosek paypal co founder and former vice president of marketing and strategy who became a partner at founders fund 22 keith rabois former executive at paypal who later worked at linkedin square khosla ventures and founders fund jack selby former vice president of corporate and international development at paypal who co founded clarium capital with peter thiel and is the founder of copper sky capital formerly invisionaz fund later renamed az vc which initially focused on arizona but expanded to nationwide investment outside the traditional hubs like san francisco boston and new york 23 24 premal shah former product manager at paypal who became the founding president of kiva org serves on the change org board russel simmons former paypal engineer who co founded yelp jeremy stoppelman former vice president of technology at paypal who co founded yelp yishan wong former engineering manager at paypal who later worked at facebook became the ceo of reddit and founded terraformation inc 25 yu pan was one of the co founders of paypal and played a role in designing the company s user interface and user experience 26 he later became involved in youtube and co founded kiwi crate inc associates edit joe lonsdale lonsdale is sometimes said to be a member of the paypal mafia but buzzfeed news wrote that he was too junior to be considered a true member while at paypal he was still a stanford student and working as an intern 27 28 business insider also wrote that lonsdale is technically not a member 29 lonsdale co founded or founded many companies including palantir 8vc epirus addepar and opengov he also founded the cicero institute 30 29 sanjay bhargava musk called bhargava one of the unsung heroes of paypal 31 he is sometimes listed as a paypal mafia member 32 bhargava invented the random deposit method which is important in modern banking security 33 later he served as country director for starlink india 34 female executives have also had important roles at paypal and while some of them say the internal environment was meritocratic and they did not felt held back they are not considered members of the paypal mafia but are considered members of the broader network the paypalians 35 musk has cited amy roe clement vp of products at paypal later managing partner at imaginable futures julie anderson vice president for public relations and communications and sandy blau among paypal s unsung heroes 35 31 the female executives interviewed by business insider all said they did not believe the paypal mafia intentionally excluded women but some noted that paypal stories often fail to mention women some cited unconscious bias as a factor while others like nellie levchin who formerly worked in financial system product management at paypal and later was an investor at scifi vc and is max levchin s wife noted that the bias makes it hard for female leaders to raise early funding 36 other notable female executives include rebecca eisenberg former senior counsel at paypal later founder and principal of private client legal services 35 she is one of the few women sometimes cited as members of paypal mafia 37 deb liu former director of product corporate strategy social commerce and charity at paypal later ceo of ancestry com 35 huey lin huey ru lin formerly worked in product management and operations leadership at paypal later moved to facebook and worked alongside levchin as affirm s coo then became a vc at ggv capital 35 she has also held leading roles at flexport nium and hang seng bank 38 39 legacy edit the paypal mafia is sometimes credited with inspiring the reemergence of consumer focused internet companies after the dot com bust of 2001 40 the paypal mafia phenomenon has been compared to the founding of intel in the late 1960s by engineers who had earlier founded fairchild semiconductor after leaving shockley semiconductor 4 they are discussed in journalist sarah lacy s book once you re lucky twice you re good 41 according to lacy the selection process and technical learning at paypal played a role but the main factor behind their success was the confidence they gained there their success has been attributed to their youth the physical cultural and economic infrastructure of silicon valley and the diversity of their skill sets 4 paypal s founders encouraged tight social bonds among its employees and many of them continued to trust and support one another after leaving paypal 4 an intensely competitive environment and a shared struggle to keep the company solvent despite many setbacks also contributed to a strong and lasting camaraderie among former employees 4 42 politics edit see also tech bro political influence and trump alignment some members of the group such as thiel sacks and musk later expressed libertarian and conservative political views 43 by contrast hoffman has been a top donor to many democratic party campaigns and political efforts 44 after the 2024 united states presidential election the economist wrote that the paypal mafia would take over america s government with trump s reelection 45 thiel protégé jd vance is trump s vice president 45 musk became head of the new department of government efficiency doge 46 and sacks became trump s advisor on ai and cryptocurrencies 47 musk alone donated over 250 million to trump s 2024 campaign 48 see also edit pierre omidyar technolibertarianism traitorous eight america pac references edit david sacks the wall street journal dow jones company august 2 2013 issn 1042 9840 oclc 781541372 archived from the original on february 22 2014 retrieved august 30 2013 harris scott duke october 22 2009 scott paypal finally poised to enter web 2 0 san jose mercury news bay area news group issn 0747 2099 oclc 145122249 archived from the original on march 17 2023 retrieved april 3 2025 mcgreal chris january 26 2025 how the roots of the paypal mafia extend to apartheid south africa the guardian issn 1756 3224 oclc 60623878 archived from the original on january 26 2025 retrieved january 27 2025 1 2 3 4 5 6 helft miguel october 17 2006 it pays to have pals in silicon valley the new york times issn 1553 8095 oclc 1645522 archived from the original on march 6 2025 retrieved april 3 2025 1 2 max levchin the making of a tech mogul grainger college of engineering university of illinois urbana champaign may 17 2018 retrieved october 1 2025 within four years all but 12 of the original 50 paypal employees had left levchin and his colleagues remain connected as social and business acquaintances and a number of them worked together to form new companies in subsequent years no rivals the prophet part i by mario gabriele www generalist com retrieved august 10 2026 1 2 3 4 o brien jeffrey m november 26 2007 the paypal mafia fortune issn 2169 155x oclc 38999231 archived from the original on march 29 2025 retrieved april 3 2025 soni jimmy 2022 epilogue the founders the story of paypal and the entrepreneurs who shaped silicon valley new york city simon schuster isbn 978 1501197260 oclc 1162986521 peter thiel forbes retrieved february 19 2026 fore preston peter thiel sold 20 million shares of facebook just months after its ipo but they d be worth nearly 15 billion more if he had held on fortune retrieved february 19 2026 carnahan ashley february 15 2026 musk company chosen for underground transit system for universal parks foxbusiness retrieved february 19 2026 durot matt elon musk just became the first person ever worth 500 billion forbes retrieved october 4 2025 trump is enabling musk and doge to flout conflicts of interest what is the potential cost to u s families economic policy institute retrieved february 19 2026 lai stephanie lowenkron hadriana december 6 2024 trump names david sacks as white house ai and crypto czar bloomberg com retrieved december 6 2024 cite web cs1 maint deprecated archival service link jackson tami brehse kylie kirschner jaures yip sarah october 8 2024 the paypal mafia includes tech titans like elon musk peter thiel and reid hoffman here s where its members are now business insider cite news cs1 maint multiple names authors list link gelles david april 1 2015 the paypal mafia s golden touch the new york times issn 1553 8095 oclc 1645522 archived from the original on march 16 2025 retrieved april 7 2022 leeo forms with 37m funding www vcnewsdaily com september 18 2014 finley klint august 16 2013 high schoolers hack class schedules with wikiroster wired bort julie july 8 2020 these 11 people should grow from rich to richer if palantir has a successful ipo business insider gelles david may 31 2019 reid hoffman you can t just sit on the sidelines the new york times turvill william december 14 2024 reid hoffman on linkedin elon musk and why he s decided not to leave america communications grainger engineering office of marketing and luke p nosek grainger illinois edu retrieved february 19 2026 arizona venture capital firm rebrands eyes 300m for second fund phoenix business journal february 26 2026 loizos connie november 17 2022 jack selby of thiel capital is using a new vc fund to invest in arizona startups techcrunch retrieved july 30 2025 reddit s former ceo here s why i left big tech and used the skills it taught me to save the planet instead terraformation press terraformation com retrieved february 19 2026 communications grainger engineering office of marketing and yu pan siebelschool illinois edu retrieved february 19 2026 alden william october 11 2016 inside the breakup of one of silicon valley s hottest vc firms buzzfeed news palantir co founder reveals what it s really like working with two tech mavericks peter thiel and elon musk eu 36kr com july 7 2026 1 2 bort julie april 26 2017 the return of joe lonsdale how the cofounder of multibillion dollar company palantir was vilified in silicon valley then bounced back business insider joe lonsdale julis rabinowitz center for public policy finance jrc princeton edu retrieved august 9 2026 1 2 journalist jimmy soni on paypal s remarkable rise and lasting legacy thehub ca retrieved august 9 2026 o neill benjamin e june 12 2023 the rise of paypal mafia the brilliant minds behind tech revolution retrieved august 9 2026 rees matthew february 11 2022 the founders review making the future click wall street journal tandon archit january 5 2022 starlink india head sanjay bhargava quits communications today 1 2 3 4 5 balogh shannen june 11 2021 paypal s origin story is male dominated but these 20 women played key roles in building the payments giant during its early days business insider balogh shannen june 11 2021 paypal s origin story is male dominated but these 20 women played key roles in building the payments giant during its early days business insider stanford stanford university rebecca eisenberg 14th annual stanford e commerce best practices conference retrieved august 9 2026 huey ru lin positions relations and network marketscreener www marketscreener com retrieved august 9 2026 steves rick october 3 2022 nium taps huey lin and david yates to board of directors financefeeds banks marcus may 16 2008 nonfiction review once you re lucky sfgate hearst communications archived from the original on december 15 2024 retrieved april 3 2025 tweney dylan review once you re lucky twice you re good wired issn 1059 1028 retrieved february 19 2026 tweney dylan november 15 2007 how paypal gave rise to a silicon valley mafia wired condé nast issn 1078 3148 oclc 24479723 archived from the original on june 6 2009 retrieved april 3 2025 silverman jacob october 18 2022 the quiet political rise of david sacks silicon valley s prophet of urban doom the new republic illustration by michelle rohn issn 2169 2416 oclc 1759945 archived from the original on march 30 2025 retrieved april 3 2025 schleifer theodore november 27 2024 what s a democratic billionaire to do now the new york times issn 1553 8095 oclc 1645522 archived from the original on february 2 2025 retrieved march 23 2025 1 2 the paypal mafia is taking over america s government the economist december 10 2024 issn 0013 0613 oclc 1081684 retrieved december 10 2024 cite news cs1 maint deprecated archival service link blackburn piper hudspeth luhby tami pellish aaron egan matt november 13 2024 elon musk and vivek ramaswamy will lead new department of government efficiency in trump administration cnn archived from the original on march 25 2025 retrieved december 12 2024 canon gabrielle december 5 2024 trump picks venture capitalist david sacks as ai and crypto czar the guardian issn 1756 3224 oclc 60623878 archived from the original on march 14 2025 retrieved december 12 2024 lim clarissa jan december 6 2024 here s how much money elon musk spent to help trump win the election msnbc archived from the original on march 27 2025 retrieved december 12 2024 further reading edit chafkin max 2021 the contrarian peter thiel and silicon valley s pursuit of power new york city penguin press isbn 978 1 9848 7853 3 oclc 1232148629 soni jimmy 2022 the founders the story of paypal and the entrepreneurs who shaped silicon valley new york simon schuster isbn 9781501197260 v t e paypal mafia individuals peter thiel reid hoffman max levchin nathan gettings ken howery luke nosek elon musk yu pan steve chen keith rabois chad hurley roelof botha jawed karim yishan wong eric m jackson david o sacks premal shah russel simmons jeremy stoppelman companies founded or co founded paypal linkedin youtube yelp geni com yammer spacex tesla inc palantir technologies kiva org affirm the boring company neuralink investments friendster facebook powerset six apart zynga ironport flickr digg grockit ooma quantcast rapleaf smartdrive systems wise ping fm nanosolar knewton kongregate last fm tokbox xoom joost funds founders fund clarium capital greylock partners sequoia capital valar ventures thiel capital mithril capital khosla ventures other the paypal wars thank you for smoking the stanford review v t e dot com bubble people daniel aegerter marc andreessen bob bernard jeff bezos henry blodget james h clark cynthia cooper bob davis bernard ebbers david filo charlie gasparino richard grasso alan greenspan jack grubman josh harris jeff hawkins howard jonas gerry kearby timothy koogle kenneth lay arthur levitt mary meeker paypal mafia kevin o leary jason olim stephan paternot jim 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