1. Members: Reid Hoffman,Daniel Issen, David Sacks, Peter Thiel

The PayPal Mafia is a nickname for a group of early investors and developers who helped to start PayPal. The nickname was allegedly self-given. According to Fortune magazine, endeavors with PayPal Mafia involvement were worth $30 billion as of November, 2007.

1. November 26, 2007: First print mention of the term

2. Where: Fortune magazine

3. Members include: Reid Hoffman, Elon Musk, Daniel Issen, David Sacks, Peter Thiel, Max Levchin, Roelof Botha, Jeremy Stoppelman, Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, Premal Shah

4. Several "members" left on bad terms

1. Levchin on PayPal hiring policy: "He thinks like me, he's just as geeky, and he doesn't get laid very often. Great hire! We'll get along perfectly."

2. Botha: "The difference between Google and PayPal was that Google wanted to hire Ph.D.s, and PayPal wanted to hire the people who got into Ph.D. programs and dropped out."</note>

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• Wikipedia: David O. Sacks

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