PayPal Mafia
Former PayPal employees who have gone on to found other prominent Silicon Valley companies
People on this List
| Name | Known For | Education |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Banister |
Co-founder of IronPort
|
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
|
| Roelof Botha |
CFO of PayPal, Partner at Sequoia Capital
|
University of Cape Town
Stanford University
|
| Steve Chen |
Co-founder of YouTube & AVOS
|
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
|
| Reid Hoffman |
Co-founder of LinkedIn
|
Stanford University
Wolfson College
|
| Kenneth Howery |
Co-founder of Founders Fund
|
Stanford University
|
| Chad Hurley |
Co-founder of YouTube and AVOS
|
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
|
| Eric Jackson |
Former VP of marketing at PayPal
|
Stanford University
|
| Jawed Karim |
Co-founder of YouTube
|
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Stanford University
|
| Max Levchin |
Co-founder and former CTO of PayPal
|
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
|
| Dave McClure |
Founder of 500 Startups
|
Johns Hopkins University
|
| Elon Musk |
CEO of Tesla, Founder of SpaceX
|
University of Pennsylvania
|
| Luke Nosek |
Co-founder and VP of marketing at PayPal
|
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
|
| Yu Pan |
Co-founder of PayPal, first employee at YouTube
|
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
|
| Keith Rabois |
Managing Director at Khosla Ventures
|
Stanford University
Harvard University
|
| David Sacks |
Founder of Yammer, host of All In Podcast
|
Stanford University
University of Chicago
|
| Premal Shah |
Co-founder of Kiva
|
Stanford University
|
| Russel Simmons |
Co-founder of Yelp
|
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
|
| Jeremy Stoppelman |
Co-founder of Yelp
|
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Harvard University
|
| Peter Thiel |
Businessman, Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist
|
Stanford University
|
| Yishan Wong |
Former CEO of Reddit
|
Carnegie Mellon University
|
Quick Facts
- Total People
- 20
- Created
- Aug 2025
- Last Updated
- Aug 2025