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.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
business network
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informal group ⓘ technology entrepreneurs group ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| fieldOfWork |
internet entrepreneurship
ⓘ
venture capital ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedCompany | PayPal ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedLocation |
San Francisco Bay Area
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Silicon Valley ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
online payments industry
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startup ecosystem ⓘ venture capital investing patterns ⓘ |
| hasMediaNickname | PayPal Mafia self-link ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Chad Hurley
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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
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LendingClub ⓘ
surface form:
Kiva
LinkedIn ⓘ OpenDoor ⓘ Palantir Technologies ⓘ Slide ⓘ 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
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producing many Silicon Valley entrepreneurs ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | PayPal ⓘ |
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