Comments on: The PayPal Mafia http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/the-paypal-mafia/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:58:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: YouTube Founder Spending His Money on Startups « NewTeeVee http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/the-paypal-mafia/#comment-866722 YouTube Founder Spending His Money on Startups « NewTeeVee Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:25:58 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/the-paypal-mafia/#comment-866722 <p>[...] Kevin Hartz and Slide’s Keith Rabois, peHUB reports. The three, all members of the PayPal mafia (that is, people who used to be involved in PayPal and now cross-pollinate each other’s [...]</p> [...] Kevin Hartz and Slide’s Keith Rabois, peHUB reports. The three, all members of the PayPal mafia (that is, people who used to be involved in PayPal and now cross-pollinate each other’s [...]

]]> By: The Secret History of Silicon Valley « Jeremy Welch :: The Blog http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/the-paypal-mafia/#comment-858442 The Secret History of Silicon Valley « Jeremy Welch :: The Blog Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:08:25 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/the-paypal-mafia/#comment-858442 <p>[...] ex-PayPal employees include Youtube, LinkedIn, Slide.com, Yelp.com, SpaceX and many more. Check out this story and this story on the PayPal Mafia for [...]</p> [...] ex-PayPal employees include Youtube, LinkedIn, Slide.com, Yelp.com, SpaceX and many more. Check out this story and this story on the PayPal Mafia for [...]

]]> By: The PayPal Mafia personified [Picture Of The Day]  »TechAddress http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/the-paypal-mafia/#comment-630225 The PayPal Mafia personified [Picture Of The Day]  »TechAddress Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:17:53 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/the-paypal-mafia/#comment-630225 <p>[...] the PayPal Mafia’s an old story online, it’s hilarious that a print magazine would pick up on the meme and actually get some PayPal [...]</p> [...] the PayPal Mafia’s an old story online, it’s hilarious that a print magazine would pick up on the meme and actually get some PayPal [...]

]]> By: dmc http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/the-paypal-mafia/#comment-70207 dmc Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:08:31 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/the-paypal-mafia/#comment-70207 <p>for the record: Elon Musk was actually the founder/CEO of X.com. PayPal was originally founded by Max & Peter Thiel (altho in its earlier incarnations, Peter was an investor before becoming CEO).</p> <p>when X.com merged with PayPal, Elon became CEO for a short period of time until Peter later resumed the CEO role (also an interesting story there) and led the company thru the IPO and subsequent acquisition by eBay.</p> <p>however, since Elon had invested a lot of his own money in X.com, and since the X.com-PayPal merger was slightly in X.com's favor, Elon ended up with the largest non-institutional investor stake in PayPal when it IPO'd.</p> <p>trivia note: on the day of the PayPal IPO (Valentine's Day 2002), the party in the company parking lot was highlighted by a) Max busting open a pinata using a sword, b) Peter playing 10 simultaneous games of chess with other PayPal execs & employees, and c) "keg stands" by numerous folks, including the senior counsel who hadn't slept for about 72 hours straight.</p> <p>needless to say, PayPal was quite an adventure for everyone ;)</p> for the record: Elon Musk was actually the founder/CEO of X.com. PayPal was originally founded by Max & Peter Thiel (altho in its earlier incarnations, Peter was an investor before becoming CEO).

when X.com merged with PayPal, Elon became CEO for a short period of time until Peter later resumed the CEO role (also an interesting story there) and led the company thru the IPO and subsequent acquisition by eBay.

however, since Elon had invested a lot of his own money in X.com, and since the X.com-PayPal merger was slightly in X.com’s favor, Elon ended up with the largest non-institutional investor stake in PayPal when it IPO’d.

trivia note: on the day of the PayPal IPO (Valentine’s Day 2002), the party in the company parking lot was highlighted by a) Max busting open a pinata using a sword, b) Peter playing 10 simultaneous games of chess with other PayPal execs & employees, and c) “keg stands” by numerous folks, including the senior counsel who hadn’t slept for about 72 hours straight.

needless to say, PayPal was quite an adventure for everyone ;)

]]> By: Liz Gannes http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/the-paypal-mafia/#comment-70205 Liz Gannes Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:10:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/the-paypal-mafia/#comment-70205 <p>carl, fixed your link. should be working now.</p> carl, fixed your link. should be working now.

]]> By: dave http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/the-paypal-mafia/#comment-70203 dave Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:06:28 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/the-paypal-mafia/#comment-70203 <p>i believe that you can also keyword search for paypal on linksv.com and see much more interesting results…not sure if there's a need for such a tool (tech mafia tracking) but it sure would be interesting to see it (like theyrule.net, but for just tech startups…)</p> i believe that you can also keyword search for paypal on linksv.com and see much more interesting results…not sure if there’s a need for such a tool (tech mafia tracking) but it sure would be interesting to see it (like theyrule.net, but for just tech startups…)

]]> By: carl http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/the-paypal-mafia/#comment-70201 carl Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:13:38 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/the-paypal-mafia/#comment-70201 <p>sorry for all that link confusion - i can't seem to paste the hyperlink without it being transformed here and not working; serves me right for being as crude as using good ole cut n paste, i guess. just ignore me(!).</p> sorry for all that link confusion – i can’t seem to paste the hyperlink without it being transformed here and not working; serves me right for being as crude as using good ole cut n paste, i guess. just ignore me(!).

]]> By: carl http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/the-paypal-mafia/#comment-70199 carl Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:28:04 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/the-paypal-mafia/#comment-70199 <p>'incestuous investing'? </p> <p>noooo, surely not - heaven forbid - most funding is purely on merit, isn't it …? </p> <p><a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-FdwzWgMyerTwwDcn4Q--?cq=1&p=478" rel="nofollow">http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-FdwzWgMyerTwwDcn4Q--?cq=1&p=478</a></p> <p>oh.</p> <p>;-)</p> ‘incestuous investing’?

noooo, surely not – heaven forbid – most funding is purely on merit, isn’t it …?

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-FdwzWgMyerTwwDcn4Q–?cq=1&p=478

oh.

;-)

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