{"id":2793,"date":"2023-03-14T18:44:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T17:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceoinfluencers.com\/?p=2793"},"modified":"2023-03-14T18:44:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T17:44:21","slug":"did-elon-musk-buy-paypal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ceoinfluencers.com\/did-elon-musk-buy-paypal\/","title":{"rendered":"Did elon musk buy paypal?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2002, PayPal was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion. At the time, PayPal was the leading online payment processor and had over 100 million users. eBay had previously tried to develop its own online payment system, but it was not successful.<\/p>\n

In October 2014, it was announced that PayPal would be spun off from eBay, and it became a separate publicly traded company in July 2015. In November 2017, PayPal announced that it was acquiring Swedish payments company iZettle for $2.2 billion.<\/p>\n

Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, was an early investor in PayPal and served on its board of directors from 2000 to 2002. He has not been involved with the company since it was acquired by eBay.<\/p>\n

Yes, Elon Musk did buy PayPal. He purchased it in 2002 for $1.5 billion.<\/p>\n

Did Elon Musk own PayPal? <\/h2>\n