With Elon Musk's appointment to lead the new advisory Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and David Sacks' role as cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence (AI) czar in the incoming Trump ...

Jun. 8—First Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and David Sacks upended America's financial-services industry with an innovative Silicon Valley startup called PayPal that rocketed to dominance as the internet ...

Peter Thiel, PayPal’s first CEO, turned his fintech fortune into a far-reaching empire of influence spanning venture capital, politics and power. Marco Bello/Getty Images For instance, Thiel has faced ...

At the young age of 27, David Sacks was instrumental in constructing what would become one of the most legendary teams in Silicon Valley history, PayPal’s inner circle. This group would not only ...

David Sacks is one of the earliest members of the so-called PayPal "mafia," a group of PayPal employees who went on to unusual positions of influence and power in Silicon Valley. But his first startup ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

First Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and David Sacks upended America’s financial-services industry with an innovative Silicon Valley startup called PayPal that rocketed to dominance as the internet took hold.