Chapter 1
The birth of PayPal
Chapter 2
The secret sauce of PayPal
Chapter 3
Building the modern web
Chapter 4
Reaching for the stars
YOUR GOAL
Master of The PayPal mafia
Ch 4 · Reaching for the stars
steve Former PayPal executives established venture capital firms like Founders Fund to back ambitious, high-risk ideas.
steve Elon Musk invested his PayPal fortune into Tesla Motors in 2004, transforming electric cars.
BETA
steve Match founders to their next ventures to learn how the PayPal Mafia seeded an empire.
Fun Fact
The space race: Elon Musk initially tried to buy refurbished Russian missiles for his space experiments before deciding to build his own rockets instead.
Glossary
aerospace (noun)
The branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and spaceflight. In 2002, Elon Musk founded SpaceX, disrupting the industry with capital from his PayPal fortune.
The branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and spaceflight. In 2002, Elon Musk founded SpaceX, disrupting the industry with capital from his PayPal fortune.
Quiz
Which PayPal alumnus founded Yammer, a corporate social network that Microsoft bought in 2012?
Quiz
Which venture capital firm was founded by Peter Thiel, Ken Howery, and Luke Nosek in 2005?
Quiz
Which venture capital firm did early PayPal CFO Roelof Botha join, eventually becoming its global leader?
Quiz
Which artificial intelligence research organization was co-funded by Elon Musk and Reid Hoffman in 2015?