PayPal

Financial Entity Multiple Sources Backed by 1 source 2 connections Score: 1/10 (Very Low)

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Online payment service formed from merger of X.com and Confinity. Acquired by eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion. Musk was largest shareholder with 11.72%.

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Entities connected to PayPal through shared intermediaries, but not directly linked.

Person Elon Musk

Connected via: X.com

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Financial Entity X.com - X.com merged with Confinity to form PayPal in 2000. Multiple Sources

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Organization eBay - eBay acquired PayPal for $1.5 billion in stock in 2002. Multiple Sources

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📖 Wikipedia

“The company... was renamed PayPal in 2001. In 2002, PayPal was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion (equivalent to $2,700,000,000 in 2025) in stock, of which Musk—the largest shareholder with 11.72% of shares—received $175.8 million”

Accessed: 2026-02-21

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Added: 2026-02-21 · Updated: 2026-02-21

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