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The PayPal Mafia

133 people came through PayPal and went on to found or lead other companies.

Peter ThielFounderFounded Helius +2 Reid HoffmanBoard member from 1998; Executive Vice PresidentFounded LinkedIn +3 David SacksCOO / Head of ProductFounded Yammer +3 Keith RaboisExecutive Vice President, Business Development, Public Affairs & PolicyFounded Opendoor +1 Joe LonsdaleIntern, FinanceFounded Opto Investments +5 Elon MuskFounderFounded Tesla +5 Max LevchinFounderFounded Glow +2 Yonatan BergmanMobile Engineering ManagerFounded Empathy John HerrVice President (VP) and General Manager (GM)Founded Arcoro +2 Scott CollisonDirector of Marketing and Business DevelopmentFounded Personify +2 Hill FergusonSVP, Chief Product OfficerFounded Doctor on Demand +1 Stan ChudnovskyVP of Growth, Corporate Strategy and Special OpsFounded Wonderhill +1 Kanishk ParasharManager, Software DevelopmentFounded Powder +1 Oren FriedmanCommercial Strategy AssociateFounded rallybus_ +1 Eldar SadikovSr. Director, Product & EngineeringFounded Jetlore +1 Hubert WuStaff EngineerFounded Hamsa +1 Mok OhChief ScientistFounded Foundation EGI +1 Lisa LoudSr. Program Manager, CanadaFounded Ubuntu Tribe +1 Tomer BarelVice President, Risk ManagementFounded Lightspark Maria LoughlinDirector, Product - Demand Generation & Marketing PlatformFounded Mable Olugbenga (GB) AgboolaApplication EngineerFounded Flutterwave Becky FlintHead of Product Program Management, Global Credit & PaymentsFounded Dragonboat Emad HasanAnalytics Product ManagerFounded Retina AI Lee HowerDirector, Financial ServicesFounded LinkedIn Roman LealCorporate StrategyFounded Rising Tide Network George RuanVP - HoneyFounded Open Presence Jeremy JonkerVice President, Head of Corporate Development (M&A) and PayPal VenturesFounded Infinity Ventures Jay GanatraSr. Director & Partner, PayPal VenturesFounded Infinity Ventures Mario RuizPrincipal, PayPal VenturesFounded Infinity Ventures David SobieVice President, Happy ReturnsFounded Happy Returns Taylor BernalCommunication SpecialistFounded Nerd Wallet Alex TosheffChief Information Security OfficerFounded Zoom Dana Malman WarrenHead of the Merchant Segment, PayPal CreditFounded Sendoso Adegoke OlubusiTechnology AnalystFounded Helium Health Harsehaj SinghProduct Marketing & AnalyticsFounded Lumena Labs Michael VaughanVenmo, COOFounded tastytrade Alex PetrovVice President Retail MarketingFounded Yes Health Jeremy StoppelmanVP of EngineeringFounded Yelp Yee LeeProduct & BU GMFounded Vouch Peggy MangotOperating Partner, PayPal VenturesFounded SparkGift April ChangPayments Applications - Sr. Engineering DirectorFounded 10 By 10 Abhishek AyyagariSenior Product ManagerFounded yBANQ Bar GeronRisk AnalystFounded Balance Yoni ShusterSenior Product Manager - Consumer ProductFounded Balance Mark ThomasTechnical LeadFounded Sequin Sreehari Pulikkal SivadasanMember Of Technical StaffFounded StrideQ Pranay ShettyStrategy & Growth InternFounded Sei AI Deboshree DuttaSenior Product ManagerFounded Criya Vinodh PoyyapakkamDefault Risk ManagerFounded Coris Alex ChiouSoftware EngineerFounded Taro Abhinav GopalSoftware Engineering InternFounded Rubbrband Jonathan FudemSenior Product Manager - CheckoutFounded OneText Daniel BrainSoftware EngineerFounded OneText Dipesh MittalSDE-2Founded DrDroid Caitlin ShortTechnology Leadership Program 2024 CohortFounded Backdrop Ishan AgrawalResearch Engineer InternFounded Branch AI Zack AshenSoftware EngineerFounded Keet Max MaioSoftware EngineerFounded Midship Kristy GaoSoftware Engineer InternFounded Cenote Sriman GaddamSoftware Engineer InternFounded Sennu AI Archish ArunSoftware Engineering and QE InternFounded cocreate Nirmal AKFraud SciencesFounded Merkle Science Adolfo BabatzSummer InternFounded Clip Mike LibertyManager, New Ventures RiskFounded Signifyd Bobby TzekinBusiness Manager, InternationalFounded Wisetack Dimitry ShvartsmanDirector, Head of Cybersecurity Product ManagementFounded Prime Security Artur MkrtchyanSoftware Engineering Team LeadFounded Softr Zahid ShaikhSenior Product ManagerFounded Sardine Shirshanka DasApplication ArchitectFounded DataHub Harper 🫠 ReedSr Director, Software DevelopmentFounded 2389 Shayan SalehianMachine Learning Engineer InternFounded Mirendil Rahul ShinghalHead of SMB -International MarketsFounded Tazapay Oded ZehaviRegional Director, Israel & AfricaFounded Mesh Ohad RavivSenior BigData and ML developerFounded Definity Chen ZamirSenior Risk Analyst, Risk ManagementFounded Fraugster Amaro LunaM&A / Strategic FinanceFounded Telegraph Milind SanghaviHead of Merchant Marketing - South East Asia and IndiaFounded XWeave Decentralised Sandeep PyapaliSenior Product Manager - New Funding ProductsFounded Mesta Vishal GandhiSenior Engineering ManagerFounded JoySpace AI Alan HoffmanSenior Technical Program Manager - PlatformFounded Cloudant Sitaram AnkillaRisk AnalystFounded Vutto Upasana TakuSenior Product ManagerFounded Mobikwik Balamurugan SP GUVISoftware Engineer - Level 3Founded Guvi Geetha PanchapakesanConsultant, Payments StrategyFounded Tesser Bill ReadyEVP & Chief Operating OfficerFounded Pinterest Robert DietrichCustomer Support (Bill Me Later)Founded Churnkey Nikhil VenkateshSoftware DeveloperFounded BotSync Rajesh RamanandHead of Risk, Emerging MarketsFounded Signifyd Jeff SilverSenior Legal CounselFounded Narrative Aiga SenftlebenLegal CounselFounded Billie Jason KeyDirector of Product Management and Product Architecture, Global Product Platform ServicesFounded Preczn Malik VelaniHead of Business Solutions, Integrations & User ExperienceFounded Preczn Wojciech CiołkoSoftware EngineerFounded Linker Cloud Jeffrey BriceSenior Product ManagerFounded TrustEgg Sahle HashelitProduct ManagerFounded Selfycart Erick LeeSr. Manager Application SecurityFounded Selfycart

Frequently asked questions

What is the PayPal mafia?: The PayPal mafia is the network of 133 people who came through PayPal and went on to found or lead other companies, including Helius, LinkedIn, Yammer, Opendoor, Opto Investments.
Who is in the PayPal mafia?: Notable members include Peter Thiel (Helius), Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), David Sacks (Yammer), Keith Rabois (Opendoor), Joe Lonsdale (Opto Investments), Elon Musk (Tesla), Max Levchin (Glow), Yonatan Bergman (Empathy), among 133 tracked members.
What companies did PayPal alumni found?: Companies founded by PayPal alumni include Helius, LinkedIn, Yammer, Opendoor, Opto Investments, Tesla, Glow, Empathy, Arcoro, Personify.