Who is behind Zip2?
Shows documented founders, leaders, board members, funders and owners.
Not who made decisions, or why.
A connection is not evidence of wrongdoing.
On the record
Sourced links that no one presents as their own account, as recorded so far. Others may exist.
Founded by
Proof 3 sources
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Tesla, Inc. 2025 proxy statement (Schedule 14A), Tesla, 17 Sep 2025.
Primary record
Prior to SpaceX, Mr. Musk co-founded PayPal, an electronic payment system, which was acquired by eBay in October 2002, and Zip2 Corporation, a provider of Internet enterprise software and services, which was acquired by Compaq in March 1999.
Previously, Mr. Kimbal Musk was a co-founder of Zip2 Corporation, a provider of Internet enterprise software and services, which was acquired by Compaq in March 1999.
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Elon Musk Fast Facts, CNN, 3 Aug 2016.
Scholarship & press
1995 - Musk co-founds Zip2 Corp., a company that develops online city guides.
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Tesla Motors, Inc. registration statement (Form S-1), Tesla, 29 Jan 2010.
Primary record
In November 1995, Mr. Musk co-founded Zip2 Corporation, a provider of enterprise software and services, which was acquired by Compaq in March 1999.
How this answer is built
Lines on the record come first: sourced links that no one presents as their own account, each with its strongest source. Then every account recorded here gets its own column, A to Z, none ranked above another. A column quotes only that account's own words and shows the strength of its own sources. Disputed lines are listed apart, with the reason, and lines still being verified come last. Neither is counted. Withdrawn lines are never shown.
When a list is longer than the page shows, the links the public methodology ranks strongest stay (methodology 0.3), and the rest open in the explorer.
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