During its formative years in the late 1990's, Paypal attracted an extraordinary group of young entrepreneurs, who then went on to build some of the best known companies in tech.&nbsp;They became known as The PayPal Mafia—and Max Levchin was one of the leaders.&nbsp;A computer genius from Soviet Ukraine, Max joined Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman and&nbsp;others as they grew PayPal into a massively successful online payment service.&nbsp;Along the way, they encountered almost every start-up challenge imaginable, including the emotional ouster of Elon Musk as CEO.&nbsp;After PayPal was acquired by eBay in 2002, Max couldn't sit still, so he launched a startup lab that eventually led to another successful fintech company: Affirm.This episode was produced by Alex Cheng with music by Ramtin Arablouei. Edited by Neva Grant, with research from Claire Murashima.You can follow HIBT on&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/HowIBuiltThis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a>&nbsp;&&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/howibuiltthis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and email us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:hibt@id.wondery.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hibt@id.wondery.com</a>. Sign up for Guy’s free newsletter at&nbsp;<a href="http://guyraz.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">guyraz.com</a>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

Podurama

Home

Trending

Personal

Your Podcasts

New Episodes

My Files

Favourite Episodes

Tags (Folders)

Recently Played

Bookmarks

Followed Playlists

PayPal: Max Levchin (June 2022)

How I Built This with Guy Raz

AI Chapters

AI Insights

Reviews