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Fifty names from Elon Musk to Brian Armstrong, that didnāt just cash out, they reshaped tech, finance, media, and politics.
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Elon Musk: CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and the Boring Company. He also owns and has rebranded X (formerly Twitter). Musk has been vocal in supporting political figures like Donald Trump.
Peter Thiel: Co-founder of PayPal, he's now known for his venture capital firm, Founders Fund. Thiel has been involved in various tech investments and is a significant donor to Republican political causes.
Reid Hoffman: Co-founder of LinkedIn, which he left after Microsoft acquired it. He's now a venture capitalist at Greylock Partners, an investor in numerous startups, and hosts the "Masters of Scale" podcast. He's also known for his involvement with OpenAI and Inflection AI.
Max Levchin: He founded Affirm, a fintech company offering point-of-sale payment solutions, which went public in 2021. Levchin is also chairman of Glow, a fertility app.
Luke Nosek: Another PayPal co-founder, Nosek has been an investor in SpaceX among other ventures. He's known for his interest in cryogenic preservation, which he introduced to Peter Thiel.
Ken Howery: Former CFO of PayPal, he co-founded Founders Fund with Thiel. Howery was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Sweden under President Trump and has donated to pro-Trump political action committees.
David Sacks: After serving as COO at PayPal, Sacks founded Yammer, which was acquired by Microsoft. He's now a general partner at Craft Ventures and was recently named by Donald Trump as his "crypto czar" due to his pro-crypto advocacy, with PayPal holding over $2 billion in crypto assets.
Chad Hurley: Co-founder of YouTube, which was sold to Google. He has since engaged in various entrepreneurial and investment activities.
Steve Chen: Co-founded YouTube with Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. Post-YouTube, Chen has engaged in various tech investments and founded AVOS Systems, which created MixBit, a video editing app.
Jawed Karim: Also co-founded YouTube. After leaving YouTube, he founded YVentures, a venture capital firm, and has made several tech investments. He's known for his early involvement in developing PayPal's anti-fraud system.
Eric M. Jackson: Former VP at PayPal, he wrote "The PayPal Wars" detailing the company's early days. He later became CEO of WND Books and co-founded CapLinked, a virtual data room software company.
Dave McClure: Previously PayPal's marketing director, McClure went on to co-found 500 Startups (now known as 500 Global), an early-stage venture fund and startup accelerator.
Keith Rabois: Former executive at PayPal, Rabois has been a significant figure in the tech scene, having worked at LinkedIn, Square (where he was COO), and now at Khosla Ventures as a general partner. He also has been involved with startups like Opendoor and Affirm.
Roelof Botha: Early investor in PayPal and former CFO, he's now a partner at Sequoia Capital, where he has led investments in companies like Airbnb, YouTube, and MongoDB.
Yishan Wong: Former engineering manager at PayPal, Wong later worked at Facebook, served as CEO of Reddit, and founded Terraformation Inc., a carbon removal startup.
Russel Simmons: Not to be confused with the music mogul, this Russell Simmons was PayPal's former Director of Product Management. He co-founded the online lending platform LendingClub, which went public.
Jeremy Stoppelman: Former VP of Engineering at PayPal, Stoppelman co-founded Yelp, where he serves as CEO, transforming it into a major player in local business reviews and recommendations.
Yu Pan: Co-founder of PayPal, Pan has been involved in various tech startups post-PayPal, focusing on user interface and experience design.
Jeff Skoll: While more known for his eBay days, Skoll was part of the early PayPal team too. After leaving eBay, he founded Participant Media, focused on social impact through entertainment, and is a significant philanthropist.
Premal Shah: Former product manager at PayPal, Shah is the president of Kiva, a micro-lending platform he co-founded to extend financial services to the underserved. He's also served on the board of
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Jack Selby: Former VP of Corporate and International Development at PayPal, Selby co-founded Clarium Capital with Peter Thiel. He has been involved in numerous tech investments and startups.
Tim Hurlebaus: Former head of engineering at PayPal, Hurlebaus co-founded Affirm with Max Levchin and serves as its CTO, focusing on building the technology behind Affirm's payment platform.
Alex Rampell: Formerly at PayPal, Rampell is now a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz where he leads the fintech investment practice. He was also co-founder and CTO of TrialPay, which was acquired by Visa.
Sachin Agarwal: Early PayPal employee, Agarwal later co-founded Posterous, a blogging platform that was acquired by Twitter, and then founded ClearStory Data, focusing on big data analytics.
Naval Ravikant: Although more known for founding AngelList, Ravikant was an early employee at PayPal. He's now a prolific angel investor, speaker on entrepreneurship, and co-hosts the podcast "Naval".
Brian Armstrong: Armstrong worked at PayPal before co-founding Coinbase, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, where he serves as CEO.
Luke Hohmann: Previously at PayPal, Hohmann founded First Taste, which helps companies learn about customer needs through innovation games. He also works as a strategic advisor for many companies.
Jesse Robbins: Former operations manager at PayPal, Robbins is known for his contributions to cloud computing and DevOps, co-founding Chef Software (now Progress Chef). He's also involved in emergency management and has started Heavy Water Operations, focusing on resilience engineering.
Eric Vishria: After working at PayPal, Vishria became an early investor in companies like Lyft and was a partner at Benchmark Capital. He later co-founded and is managing partner at the venture capital firm, Benchmark Capital.
Kevin Hartz: Former executive at PayPal, Hartz co-founded Eventbrite, an online event management and ticketing platform, which went public in 2018. He's also been involved in other startups like Xoom (acquired by PayPal).
David Gausebeck: Early employee at PayPal, Gausebeck co-founded Slide, a social media application company that was acquired by Google. Post-Slide, he's been involved in various tech ventures.
Edwin Aoki: Known for his work in PayPal's early days, Aoki has since worked on various tech startups. He was notably involved with Lala, a music sharing service acquired by Apple.
Jennifer Bailey: She was PayPal's director of marketing before moving to Apple, where she has been instrumental in expanding Apple Pay, now serving as Vice President of Apple Pay.
Jeff Jordan: After his tenure at PayPal, Jeff Jordan became a notable venture capitalist at Andreessen Horowitz, where he focuses on e-commerce and consumer internet companies. He was also the president of eBay's North America division and has been involved with OpenTable, Pinterest, and Airbnb.
David Marcus: Former president of PayPal, Marcus moved to lead the Messenger division at Facebook. He then shifted to lead the company's blockchain efforts, focusing on Diem (formerly Libra), and now he's at the helm of Meta's Novi digital wallet project.
David Tsao: Early engineer at PayPal, Tsao co-founded Goodreads, a social cataloging website for book lovers, which was acquired by Amazon. He's since been involved in other tech ventures.
Mike Moritz: While more known for his role at Sequoia Capital, Moritz was involved with PayPal's funding and board. His influence extends across numerous tech companies like Google, Yahoo, and Zappos.
Scott Thompson: Former President of PayPal, Thompson later became CEO of Yahoo! before moving into various executive roles in tech, including at F5 Networks.
Sanja Kon: Former CEO of Xoom, which was acquired by PayPal, Kon now works as VP at Circle, a company focused on cryptocurrency infrastructure.
Ruchi Sanghvi: An engineer at PayPal, Sanghvi went on to become the first female engineer at Facebook and later founded Cove, a collaboration platform, which has pivoted into Nectar, focusing on AI for business.
Bill Harris: Served as CEO of PayPal post-eBay acquisition, Harris later founded Personal Capital, a wealth management firm, and has been involved in several fintech ventures.
David Moore: One of the early engineers at PayPal, Moore later co-founded 23andMe, a personal genomics company, where he held technical roles before moving on to other ventures in the biotech and tech space.
Michael Barrett: After serving as PayPal's Chief Information Security Officer, Barrett became the CEO of Clover Health, a Medicare Advantage insurer that went public via a SPAC merger.
Mark Donohue: Former engineering director at PayPal, Donohue now works as a CTO at various startups, focusing on scaling tech infrastructure. He was notably CTO at Xoom before its acquisition by PayPal.
Brad Garlinghouse: Although his time at PayPal was brief, Garlinghouse later became known for his role as President and CEO of Ripple Labs, where he's been pivotal in pushing blockchain and cryptocurrency forward.
Gokul Rajaram: After PayPal, Rajaram held significant product roles at Google and Square before becoming a board member at Coinbase and Pinterest. He's also an angel investor, focusing on tech startups.
John Donahoe: While he was more known for his role at eBay, Donahoe was involved with PayPal during his tenure. He later became CEO of ServiceNow and has served on the board of directors at PayPal post its spin-off from eBay.
Osman Kent: Former VP of Product Management at PayPal, Kent founded and leads Osmo, a company that develops educational games for kids. Osmo was acquired by Tangible Play.
Sree Kotay: Kotay was PayPal's CFO before moving to eBay in a similar role. After eBay, he has been involved in various tech and finance leadership roles, including at SAP Concur.
Mark Britto: After his role at PayPal, Britto co-founded Braintree, a mobile and web payment systems company, which was later acquired by PayPal. Post-Braintree, he has been involved in various fintech ventures and advisory roles, including being a founding partner at QED Investors, a fintech-focused venture capital firm.
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