Jimmy Soni's The Founders tells the incredible story of the founding of PayPal and the influential characters behind the online payments provider. From monopoly-forming mergers to multiple backstabbings and intense competitive dynamics on another platform’s home turf, this story has it all. We will be weaving between the stories of Confinity and X.com, eventually arriving at the PayPal merger and many of the subsequent innovations in the online payments space. The PayPal founders have had an outsized impact on Silicon Valley, with companies such as Tesla, SpaceX, YouTube, LinkedIn, Affirm, Palantir, Founders Fund, and Yelp all coming from these great entrepreneurs.

The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley - Jimmy Soni

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