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Ken Howery

Ken Howery founded PayPal (1998), Confinity (1998) and Founders Fund (2005), and previously worked at Confinity, PayPal and Clarium Capital.

American entrepreneur and diplomat (born 1975)

3× founder Fintech 1998–2005
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The world around Ken Howery — companies founded, co-founders, and where they came from. Hover a node to explore; click to open.

Companies founded by Ken Howery

3
1998
PayPalPublic Co-founder · Fintech
1998
ConfinityAcquired Co-founder · Fintech
2005
Founders FundPrivate Co-founder · Fintech

Co-founders

11
B
Brian Singerman
Co-founded Founders Fund
E
Elon Musk
Co-founded PayPal
L
Luke Nosek
Co-founded PayPal
L
Luke Nosek
Co-founded Founders Fund
L
Luke Nosek
Co-founded Confinity
M
Max Levchin
Co-founded PayPal
M
Max Levchin
Co-founded Confinity
P
Peter Thiel
Co-founded PayPal
P
Peter Thiel
Co-founded Founders Fund
P
Peter Thiel
Co-founded Confinity
Y
Yu Pan
Co-founded PayPal

Came from

3

Where Ken Howery worked or built before — the roots of the lineage.

C
Confinity Acquired
Fintech · USA
Mafia →
 P
PayPal Public
Fintech · USA
Mafia →
 C
Clarium Capital Private
Fintech · USA
Mafia →

Also came from PayPal

See the PayPal mafia →
A
Adolfo Babatz
A
Andrew McCormack
C
Chad Hurley
American businessman (born 1977)
D
Danny Shader
D
Dave McClure
D
David A. Marcus
D
David O. Sacks
South African-American entrepreneur (born 1972)
E
Elon Musk
Businessman (born 1971)
J
Jawed Karim
American entrepreneur and software engineer (born 1979)

Also came from Confinity

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L
Luke Nosek
Polish-born American entrepreneur; co-founder of PayPal
M
Max Levchin
Ukrainian-American software engineer
P
Peter Thiel
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)

Also came from Clarium Capital

See the Clarium Capital mafia →
A
Ajay Royan
A
Andrew McCormack
P
Peter Thiel
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)