Who founded Confinity?

Confinity was founded in 1998 by Ken Howery, Luke Nosek, Max Levchin and Peter Thiel.

Who are Confinity's co-founders?

Confinity was co-founded by Ken Howery, Luke Nosek, Max Levchin and Peter Thiel.

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Confinity

Q: What happened to Confinity's founders?

4 people who founded or worked at Confinity went on to start 21 other companies, including Ken Howery (PayPal and Founders Fund), Luke Nosek (PayPal and Founders Fund) and Max Levchin (PayPal, Slide and 3 more).

Confinity was founded in 1998 in Palo Alto, USA by Ken Howery, Luke Nosek, Max Levchin and Peter Thiel. It is a Fintech company that was later acquired.

Software company that created the PayPal payment product, merged with X.com.

Acquired Founded 1998–2000 Palo Alto USA Fintech

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Confinity founders & co-founders

What happened to Confinity’s founders and alumni

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People who worked at or founded Confinity and went on to start their own companies.

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Ken Howery

2 founded

PayPal 1998 Founders Fund 2005

Luke Nosek

2 founded

PayPal 1998 Founders Fund 2005

Max Levchin

5 founded

PayPal 1998 Slide 2005 HVF Labs 2011 Affirm 2012 Glow 2013

Peter Thiel

12 founded

The Stanford Review 1987 PayPal 1998 Clarium Capital 2002 Palantir 2003 Palantir Technologies 2003 Founders Fund 2005 Dialog 2006 Valar Ventures 2010 Thiel Fellowship 2010 Mithril Capital 2012 Breakout Labs 2012 Helius 2022