PayPal Mafia
The "PayPal Mafia" is a group of former PayPal founders and employees who have gone on to found or lead major Silicon Valley technology companies and venture capital firms.[1]
Members
| Name | Role at PayPal | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Roelof Botha | Director of Corporate Development, Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer | Sequoia Capital, Square, Eventbrite, Weebly, 23andMe, Tumblr, Instagram, YouTube |
| Steve Chen | Engineer | YouTube, HitRecord |
| David Gausebeck | Technical Architect | Matterport |
| Reid Hoffman | Board member, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President | LinkedIn, Microsoft, Greylock Partners, OpenAI, Inflection AI |
| Ken Howery | Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer | eBay, Founders Fund, United States Department of State, Kiva |
| Chad Hurley | Web designer | YouTube, Uptime |
| Eric Jackson | Director of Marketing | CapLinked |
| Jawed Karim | Engineer | YouTube, Y Ventures |
| Max Levchin | Co-founder | Slide, Yelp, Affirm, Glow |
| Joe Lonsdale | Finance intern | Clarium Capital, Formation 8, 8VC, Palantir Technologies, America PAC |
| David McClure | Director of Marketing | Founders Fund, 500 Startups, Practical Venture Capital |
| Andrew McCormack | Assistant to Peter Thiel | Sprezzatura Restaurant Group, Thiel Capital, Valar Ventures |
| Elon Musk | Founder (X.com), Chief Executive Officer (PayPal) | Tesla, SpaceX, X, The Boring Company, Neuralink, America PAC |
| Luke Nosek | Co-founder | Founders Fund, Gigafund, SpaceX, ResearchGate |
| Jason Portnoy | Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis | Clarium Capital, Palantir Technologies, Oakhouse Partners |
| Keith Rabois | Executive Vice President | LinkedIn, Square, Founders Fund, OpenStore, Yelp, Xoom, Reddit, Khosla Ventures |
| David Sacks | Chief Operating Officer | McKinsey & Company, Geni, Zenefits, Craft Ventures |
| Jack Selby | Vice President of Corporate and International Development | Clarium Capital, Thiel Capital, AZ-VC |
| Premal Shah | Product Manager | Kiva, Branch Financial |
| Russel Simmons | Lead Software Architect | Yelp |
| Jeremy Stoppelman | Vice President of Technology | Yelp |
| Peter Thiel | Co-founder (Confinity), Chief Executive Officer (PayPal) | Founders Fund, Palantir Technologies, Clarium Capital, Thiel Capital, Mithril Capital |
| Yishan Wong | Engineering Manager |
External links
Brehse, T., & Kirschner, K. (2023, November 12). Members of the PayPal Mafia include tech titans like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Reid Hoffman. Here’s where they are now. Business Insider. https://web.archive.org/web/20240813015701/https://www.businessinsider.com/paypal-mafia-members-elon-musk-peter-thiel-reid-hoffman-companies ↩︎