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PayPal Mafia

term used to indicate a group of former PayPal employees and founders who have since founded and developed additional technology companies
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PayPal Mafia

Summary

PayPal Mafia is a group of humans[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of group_of_humans entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,425 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • PayPal Mafia's instance of is recorded as group of humans[3].
  • PayPal Mafia's Commons category is recorded as PayPal employees[4].
  • PayPal Mafia's has part is recorded as Peter Thiel[5].
  • PayPal Mafia's has part is recorded as Max Levchin[6].
  • PayPal Mafia's has part is recorded as David Sacks[7].
  • PayPal Mafia's has part is recorded as Scott Banister[8].
  • PayPal Mafia's has part is recorded as Roelof Botha[9].
  • PayPal Mafia's has part is recorded as Steve Chen[10].
  • PayPal Mafia's has part is recorded as Reid Hoffman[11].
  • PayPal Mafia's has part is recorded as Ken Howery[12].
  • PayPal Mafia's has part is recorded as Chad Hurley[13].
  • PayPal Mafia's has part is recorded as Eric M. Jackson[14].
  • PayPal Mafia's has part is recorded as Joe Lonsdale[15].
  • PayPal Mafia's has part is recorded as Dave McClure[16].
  • PayPal Mafia's has part is recorded as Luke Nosek[17].
  • PayPal Mafia's has part is recorded as Keith Rabois[18].
  • PayPal Mafia's has part is recorded as Premal Shah[19].
  • PayPal Mafia's has part is recorded as Russel Simmons[20].
  • PayPal Mafia's has part is recorded as Jeremy Stoppelman[21].
  • PayPal Mafia's has part is recorded as Yishan Wong[22].
  • PayPal Mafia's has part is recorded as Elon Musk[23].
  • PayPal Mafia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09gh5xq[24].
  • PayPal Mafia's described at URL is recorded as https://wikispooks.com/wiki/The_Paypal_Mafia[25].
  • PayPal Mafia's Quora topic ID is recorded as PayPal-Mafia[26].
  • PayPal Mafia's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 85888377[27].

Why It Matters

PayPal Mafia ranks in the top 2% of group_of_humans entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,425 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Chad Hurley Elon Musk Jawed Karim Max Levchin Peter Thiel Reid Hoffman Steve Chen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). PayPal Mafia. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/paypal-mafia
MLA “PayPal Mafia.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/paypal-mafia.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_paypal-mafia_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{PayPal Mafia}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/paypal-mafia}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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