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PayPal

PayPal is the faster, safer way to send money, make an online payment, receive money or set up a merchant account.

San Jose, CA

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Founded: 1998
Headcount: 10,879
Open roles: 0
Last raised: Post Ipo Debt

LOCATIONS

Where they work

PayPal offices

San Jose, CA2211 North First Street

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FUNDING

Capital raised

Total raised

$5,284,999,680

Investors

Funding rounds

Post Ipo Debt
KKR
€6BNov 17, 2025
Post Ipo Debt
$5BJun 6, 2023
IPO
UndisclosedJan 1, 2015
Series B
NEA - New Enterprise Associates, RRE Ventures, Greycroft, Accel
$35MSep 16, 2012
Series A
Accel
$34MJun 28, 2011
Series D
ING, eBank, Bankinter, Providian Financial
$90MFeb 15, 2001
Series C
Madison Dearborn Partners, Vertex Advertising, Qualcomm Ventures, Compass Technology Partners, Digital Century Capital, Hikari Tsushin, SingTel Singapore, Capital Group, Temasek, Deutsche Bank, Sequoia Capital, Goldman Sachs, Robertson Stephens, Clearstone Venture Partners, LabMorgan, Advance Materials, Elon Musk, Capital Research and Management Company
$100MApr 4, 2000
Series B
Clearstone Venture Partners, Goldman Sachs
$23MJan 19, 2000
Series A
BlueRun Ventures
$3MJun 30, 1999

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OPEN ROLES

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LEADERSHIP

Founders & key people

Elon Musk

Businessman and advisor to President Trump

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Max Levchin

American businessman

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Yu Pan

Computer engineer and entrepreneur

MindyOrigin ProtocolMobiSocial8iAffirmKiwi CrateUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of ChicagoIllinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA)University of Illinois at Chicago

Luke Nosek

American businessman

GigafundSpaceXPayPalFounders FundResearchGateConfinityUniversity of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Peter Thiel

German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)

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