PayPal

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PayPal promotes themselves as "the safer, easier way to pay and get paid online." The service allows anyone to pay in many ways, including through credit cards, bank accounts, buyer credit or account balances, without sharing financial information.

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Founders

Peter Thiel

Peter Andreas Thiel (born 1967) is an American entrepreneur, hedge fund manager, libertarian and venture capitalist. With Max Levchin, Thiel co-founded PayPal...

Max Levchin

Max Rafael Levchin (born July 11, 1975) is a Ukrainian-born computer scientist and entrepreneur widely known as co-founder (with Peter Thiel) and former chief...

Elon Musk

Elon Musk (born 1971) is a South African-American physicist, entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for co-founding PayPal, SpaceX and Tesla Motors. He is...
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Address

PayPal Headquarters

San Jose California
United States of America

Board members:

Previous names:

  • Confinity Inc.
  • X.com
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Parent company:

Acquired by:

Acquiring company Date
  • 2002

Venture Investors:

Employees and other personnel:

Person Title From To
  • 2002
  • 1999
  • 2000
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