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The Paypal Mafia How One Startup Seeded An Empire

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The coup that changed leadership

steve While Elon Musk was on a delayed honeymoon in 2000, PayPal board members replaced him with Peter Thiel.

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The fierce battle with X.com

steve Elon Musk's rival financial startup X.com merged with Confinity in 2000 to end a costly marketing war.

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Fun Facts

Fun Fact

PalmPilot payments: In 1999, the first PayPal transaction was sending three million dollars from a venture capitalist's PalmPilot to Peter Thiel's device.

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Quizzes

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In which month and year did PayPal first go public on the stock market?

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In what year did Peter Thiel and Max Levchin co-found their digital encryption startup?

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Where was Elon Musk traveling when the PayPal board voted to replace him as CEO?

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What was the original name of the company that later became PayPal?

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What was the name of Elon Musk's online financial services startup that merged with Confinity?

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Which e-commerce giant purchased PayPal in 2002 for 1.5 billion dollars?

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How much money did eBay pay to acquire PayPal in 2002?

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Which device was PayPal originally designed to send encrypted money between?

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Glosario

Glossary
cryptography (noun)
The science or practice of coding and decoding information so that it remains secure. In 1999, Peter Thiel and Max Levchin used this technology to secure their initial digital payment product.

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Gossip

Gossip

Whose leadership style would you prefer to work under?

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Videos

steve While Elon Musk was away, PayPal's board replaced him with Peter Thiel in September 2000.

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steve X.com and PayPal fiercely competed, then merged in March 2000 to end unsustainable spending.

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steve Two strangers, Peter Thiel and Max Levchin, met in Chicago in 1998 and founded Confinity.

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steve The buyout that set them free

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