2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American venture capitalist who was part of the original PayPal founding team and who co-founded Founders Fund with Peter Thiel — making him a central node in the PayPal Mafia network that seeded much of Silicon Valley's second generation.
Jimmy Soni's 2022 definitive account of PayPal's founding — covering Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Max Levchin, Reid Hoffman, David Sacks, Roelof Botha, and others — tracking the company from its founding through the eBay acquisition and the subsequent careers of the PayPal Mafia.