Meet the PayPal mafia

Profiting from the PayPal connection

PayPal founders Max Levchin and Peter Thiel estimate that their ex-PayPal colleagues run $30 billion worth of businesses. Here's a snapshot of what these guys are up to now.

By Jeffrey M. O'Brien, Fortune senior editor
Peter Thiel
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Peter Thiel
Companies founded or co-founded: Clarium Capital, The Founders Fund

Investors: Elon Musk, David Sacks (Clarium Capital)

Companies he's invested in: Facebook, Palantir, Slide, Geni, LinkedIn, Room 9 Entertainment, Yelp

Peter Thiel
Max Levchin
Elon Musk
Reid Hoffman
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