#新Paypal黑帮 The new PayPal Mafia is taking shape 🐮🐮 The $10 billion club is getting younger and younger
-Alexandr Wang (29): Founder of Scale AI; Meta poached him for $14.3 billion to serve as its chief AI officer
-Jeff Yan (31): Founder of Hyperliquid; no outside funding, an 11-person team, and HYPE’s market cap once broke into the global top 10
-Scott Wu (29): Founder of Cognition; powered by its AI coding agent Devin, the company’s valuation soared from $350 million to $48 billion in two and a half years
For comparison, how old were members of the original PayPal Mafia when their companies crossed the $10 billion mark?
-Elon Musk: 41 when Tesla’s market cap first topped $10 billion
-Reid Hoffman: 43 when LinkedIn went public and its market cap surpassed $10 billion
-Peter Thiel: 47 when Palantir’s valuation topped $10 billion
-Alexandr Wang (29): Founder of Scale AI; Meta poached him for $14.3 billion to serve as its chief AI officer
-Jeff Yan (31): Founder of Hyperliquid; no outside funding, an 11-person team, and HYPE’s market cap once broke into the global top 10
-Scott Wu (29): Founder of Cognition; powered by its AI coding agent Devin, the company’s valuation soared from $350 million to $48 billion in two and a half years
For comparison, how old were members of the original PayPal Mafia when their companies crossed the $10 billion mark?
-Elon Musk: 41 when Tesla’s market cap first topped $10 billion
-Reid Hoffman: 43 when LinkedIn went public and its market cap surpassed $10 billion
-Peter Thiel: 47 when Palantir’s valuation topped $10 billion