Elon Musk is a name that defines innovation and entrepreneurship in the 21st century. From founding Zip2 to building the ...

Elon Musk has a history of stirring up strong ... they could also affect rival companies like PayPal and Block, ... Bitcoin Boom and 2 More Ways Elon Musk Could Impact the Stock Market in 2025.

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.

Elon Musk biographer Walter Isaacson's new book about the billionaire details his ouster as PayPal CEO by a group known as the "PayPal Mafia" who replaced him with Peter Thiel.

In this 2000 photo, PayPal's Peter Thiel and founder Elon Musk, right, pose with the PayPal logo at corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. (Paul Sakuma/AP) By Timothy Bella.

Elon Musk and Peter Thiel were both Silicon Valley outsiders until they joined forces to form PayPal. A new book reveals details of their tumultuous rise to the top.

Elon Musk was not a household name in 1995, ... in 2002, eBay bought PayPal for $1.5 billion, turning Elon Musk into a centimillionaire and a transformative figure of the digital age.

Elon Musk (right) was ousted as PayPal CEO by investor Peter Thiel (left) and other executives in 2000. AP “But eventually I realized that it was good I got couped.

Two years later, in 2002, eBay bought PayPal for $1.5 billion, turning Elon Musk into a centimillionaire and a transformative figure of the digital age. 2002-2006: ...