PayPal Mafia

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The PayPal Mafia is an informal group of former PayPal founders and early employees who went on to create or lead numerous influential technology companies such as LinkedIn, Tesla, SpaceX, Yelp, and YouTube.

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instanceOf business network
informal group
technology entrepreneurs group
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
fieldOfWork internet entrepreneurship
venture capital
hasAssociatedCompany PayPal
hasAssociatedLocation San Francisco Bay Area
Silicon Valley
hasInfluenceOn online payments industry
startup ecosystem
venture capital investing patterns
hasMediaNickname PayPal Mafia self-link
hasMember Chad Hurley
Dave McClure
David Sacks
Elon Musk
Jawed Karim
Jeremy Stoppelman NERFINISHED
Keith Rabois
Ken Howery NERFINISHED
Luke Nosek
Max Levchin
Peter Thiel
Premal Shah
Reid Hoffman
Roelof Botha
Russel Simmons
Scott Banister
Steve Chen
hasMemberRole founders and early employees of PayPal
hasNotableCompanyFoundedOrLed Affirm
LendingClub
surface form: Kiva

LinkedIn
OpenDoor
Palantir Technologies
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SpaceX
Tesla, Inc.
surface form: Tesla

Y Combinator-backed startups
Yammer
Foursquare
surface form: Yelp

YouTube
hasTimePeriod early 2000s onward
industry technology
notableFor influencing the development of Web 2.0 companies
producing many Silicon Valley entrepreneurs
originatedFrom PayPal

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Founders Fund associatedWith PayPal Mafia
PayPal Mafia hasMediaNickname PayPal Mafia self-link
Ken Howery memberOf PayPal Mafia
Luke Nosek memberOf PayPal Mafia
Max Levchin memberOf PayPal Mafia
Reid Hoffman memberOf PayPal Mafia