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Elon Musk
Elon Reeve Musk is a businessman and entrepreneur known for his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, X, and xAI. Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025; as of April 2026, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$809 billion.
Jawed Karim
American co-founder of YouTube (born 1979)

Peter Thiel
Peter Andreas Thiel is a German and American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and conservative political activist. A co-founder of PayPal (1998), Palantir Technologies (2003), and Founders Fund (2005), he was also the first outside investor in Facebook (2004). According to The New York Times, as of December 2025, Thiel's estimated net worth stood at US$27.5 billion, placing him among the 100 richest individuals in the world.
Steve Chen
Chinese-American businessman

Chad Hurley
American businessman, co-founder of YouTube
Reid Hoffman
American co-founder of LinkedIn, venture capitalist, and author
PayPal Mafia
term used to indicate a group of former PayPal employees and founders who have since founded and developed additional technology companies
Douglas Crockford
American computer programmer
David Sacks
South African-American entrepreneur and investor
Max Levchin
American businessman
Luke Nosek
American businessman

Ken Howery
American venture capitalist and US ambassador
John Donahoe
American businessperson and board member, former CEO of Nike
Dan Schulman
American businessperson, chief executive of Verizon and former president and CEO of PayPal
Roelof Botha
South African businessman
David A. Marcus
French, Swiss, and American entrepreneur and executive
Tony Xu
Chinese American entrepreneur, CEO of DoorDash
Ann Sarnoff
American business woman
Scott Banister
American businessman
Keith Rabois
American businessman