The story of PayPal

Online payments company co-founded in 1998; owned by eBay from 2002 to 2015.

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1998 –

PayPal. Online payments company co-founded in 1998; owned by eBay from 2002 to 2015.

1998

Peter Thiel founded PayPal. Co-founder.

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