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ArkeryStarkery t1_j8gbsxk wrote

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Fun story: I was actually in college with one of the original Tesla engineers. She went off and joined that no-name startup before Elon even bought it.

He also bought the title of "founder", and pretended ever after that he'd founded the place. Or that he had anything to do with design or engineering.

Here's what he did: he was born into a slave-owning family and inherited millions of dollars. That's what he did.

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thisoneisnotasbad t1_j8gdakg wrote

Pretty sure he was a billionaire before Tesla.

His PayPal sale to eBay gave him enough money to make his other ventures household names.

So again, he made a product that was wanted (PayPal) and got rich.

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ArkeryStarkery t1_j8gfyll wrote

You sure he made Paypal tho? You sure about that?

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thisoneisnotasbad t1_j8hjf6a wrote

Well, he created x.com, the online bank which merged with the software company to create PayPal to get sold to eBay. So, he was 1/2 of PayPal.

So yeah, pretty sure he was a big part of PayPal.

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