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ClipperChip :nsa:

@rodhilton For a guy knowing nothing about software, Paypal was quite a success.

25 Dec 2022 at 6:41 | Wall-to-wall | Open on ioc.exchange
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MGoCoder

@clipperchip @rodhilton Musk was quickly fired from PayPal for trying the same crap there that he is now doing at Twitter.

25 Dec 2022 at 7:22 | Open on mstdn.social
GNolan

@clipperchip @rodhilton PayPal was suffering with a lot of issues so the board ousted Musk and replaced him with Thiel. Best decision they ever made

25 Dec 2022 at 11:04 | Open on universeodon.com
Tonydunc

@gnolan @clipperchip @rodhilton maybe, but Thiel is also a dangerous ideologue

25 Dec 2022 at 11:45 | Open on c.im
Don Tomas

@clipperchip In spite of Musk. PayPal came from the Confinity side of the merger with Musk's company X.com. He was ousted coz he preferred his own tech to PayPal.

25 Dec 2022 at 11:50 | Open on mastodon.au
Mazal ​:blobcatpeek:

@dontomas @clipperchip 🤭​

correct except, Musk preferred Microsoft! to Unix.

25 Dec 2022 at 12:01 | Open on infosec.exchange
Bowreality

@dontomas @clipperchip This. He is always just an injection of money.

25 Dec 2022 at 12:07 | Open on mstdn.ca
Christopher

@clipperchip @rodhilton It's really easy to walk up to a computer science student and say "hey, I have an idea, and I have money". It doesn't mean you know shit about shit. It just means you're good at manipulating others who do, and you have money to spare.

25 Dec 2022 at 14:54 | Open on tenforward.social
Martijn Tonies
Ed Giardina

@clipperchip @rodhilton PayPal was a large beneficiary of being declared a “money services business” like western union and not a bank like regular banks. Banks have huge regulatory oversight and capital requirements and paypal does not. Musk also essentially acquired PayPal. Musk was also fired from PayPal. But because of the way executive compensation works he still made $400million at the end of the day.

25 Dec 2022 at 15:17 | Open on hachyderm.io
nerdslayer
The Other Brook

@clipperchip @rodhilton

You might want to look into that a bit.

"Was Elon Musk Fired from PayPal?

Rating:
Mostly True

What's True
In 2000 Elon Musk was fired as CEO of X.com after it merged with software company Confinity, which featured PayPal as a service. In 2001, the company was rebranded to PayPal.

What's False
The company was not known as PayPal at the time of Musk’s firing."

snopes.com/fact-check/was-elon

@clipperchip @rodhilton

You might want to look into that a bit.

"Was Elon Musk Fired from PayPal?

Rating:
Mostly True

What's True
In 2000 Elon Musk was fired as CEO of X.com after it merged with software company Confinity, which featured PayPal as a service. In 2001, the company was rebranded to PayPal.

25 Dec 2022 at 20:46 | Open on sunny.garden
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