> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # PayPal Mafia - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/paypal-mafia/ - Published: 1999-01-02T22:05:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-01-03T21:30:12.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization 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.[\[1\]](#fn1) ## Members | Name | Role at PayPal | Notes | | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Roelof Botha | Director of Corporate Development, Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer | Sequoia Capital, [Square](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Founders-Fund), [United States Department of State](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Palantir-Technologies), America PAC | | David McClure | Director of Marketing | [Founders Fund](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Founders-Fund), Gigafund, SpaceX, ResearchGate | | Jason Portnoy | Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis | Clarium Capital, [Palantir Technologies](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Palantir-Technologies), Oakhouse Partners | | Keith Rabois | Executive Vice President | LinkedIn, [Square](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Square), [Founders Fund](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Founders-Fund), OpenStore, Yelp, Xoom, Reddit, [Khosla Ventures](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Khosla-Ventures) | | David Sacks | Chief Operating Officer | McKinsey & Company, Geni, Zenefits, [Craft Ventures](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Founders-Fund), [Palantir Technologies](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Palantir-Technologies), Clarium Capital, Thiel Capital, [Mithril Capital](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Mithril-Capital) | | Yishan Wong | Engineering Manager | Reddit | ## External links - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal%5FMafia) - [Wikispooks](https://wikispooks.com/wiki/The%5FPaypal%5FMafia) --- 1. 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. [↩︎](#fnref1)