Peter Thiel
Co-founded Palantir and Founders Fund. An early outside investor in Facebook.
- AT PAYPAL / X.COM
- Co-founder / CEO
- ASSOCIATED VENTURES
- Palantir / Founders Fund / Facebook
$MAFIA
THE PAYPAL MAFIA
Photograph by Robyn Twomey.
The network that rewired Silicon Valley.
02 / THE ORIGIN
It started
with payments.
Confinity and X.com came together to build PayPal. After the eBay acquisition, its alumni went on to found and fund companies far beyond payments.
- 1998–99
Confinity and X.com begin separately.
- 2000
The two companies merge.
- 2002
PayPal goes public; eBay acquires it.
- 2007
Fortune photographs the “PayPal Mafia.”
Historical sources
“Mafia” is a cultural nickname for this alumni network.
Sequoia / PayPal history ↗SEC / merger record ↗03THE PEOPLE
The family.
Fourteen people, very different next chapters. Select a name; follow where they went.
04THE CONNECTIONS
Follow the
connections.
Explore the companies PayPal alumni went on to build and back. Select a person or company to trace the connections.
FEATURED CONNECTION / 2005
YouTube
Three PayPal colleagues co-founded YouTube. Another backed it at Sequoia. A shared past connects both sides of the investment.
YOUTUBE / 4 RECORDED PATHS
COMMON ORIGIN / 1998—2002PAYPAL
Engineer at PayPal
Co-founder / YouTubeDesigner at PayPal
Co-founder / YouTubeEngineer at PayPal
Co-founder / YouTubeChief financial officer at PayPal
Investor at Sequoia / YouTubeTHE NEXT CHAPTER
Selected founder and investor relationships, not ownership or control. Map positions are schematic. Sources accompany each connection.
05THE PROJECT
$MAFIA
A community token inspired by the PayPal Mafia.
Launched on Stonkfun.
Paired with $PYPL.
CONTRACT ADDRESS
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Not affiliated with PayPal or the people documented in this archive. No endorsement is implied.
- 01 / ACTIVITYSwap$MAFIA trades
- 02 / COLLECTION3%Swap tax funds rewards
- 03 / DISTRIBUTION$PYPLPaid to $MAFIA holders
A 3% tax on swaps is collected and distributed back to $MAFIA holders in $PYPL.