The other PayPal mafia: 20 women who helped build the payments giant
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Dan DeFrancesco,Jordan Parker Erb
Jun 10, 2021, 16:13 IST
Facade with sign at headquarters of payment processing company Paypal in the Silicon Valley, San Jose, California, March 15, 2019.Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images
Good morning and welcome to Insider Finance. I'm Dan DeFrancesco, and here's what's on the agenda today:
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The PayPal Mafia, with members like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, has been well covered, but these 20 women also played a key role in the payment giant's early years.
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