• Thorry@feddit.org
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      19 days ago

      No not at all. That’s just a fantasy he likes to perpetuate. He was actually fired and kicked out of PayPal because the other dude hated his guts, when he was away on his honeymoon, but he still had shares so he still made a lot of money from it. That other dude was our other famous Nazi, none other than Peter Thiel.

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      19 days ago

      Sorta ish.

      He founded a company with a group of others(who left or were forced out) that merged with another(founded by Thiel and others) to become PayPal.

      Shortly after the merger Musk was forced out as CEO in favour of Thiel.

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        19 days ago

        Same way that he founder Tesla? Because when he bought the company, part of the purchase contract was that he could call himself a “founder”.

        I don’t know, Imma look it up, but I suspect he founded PayPal the same way.

        Edit: looked it up. Yep. He bought in, changed the name, and called himself a founder. Dude hasn’t found shit. Apart from maybe peter thiels dick in his ass.