# Elon Musk founder roles

entity: /record/elon-musk.md  
predicate: founder_of  
page: /record/elon-musk/founder_of  
as_of: 2026-11-08  
cite: AsOf. "Elon Musk founder of: PayPal", undated. Claim clm_38D10C881923, https://asof.is/claim/clm_38D10C881923, accessed 2026-11-08. Source: https://marketrealist.com/p/did-elon-musk-create-paypal/.  

As of November 8, 2026, the AsOf record says Elon Musk is a founder of PayPal, from 2 secondary sources (marketrealist.com and quartr.com).

3 claims on Elon Musk's founder roles, 3 open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder roles

What the record asserts on 2026-11-08.

- [Elon Musk](/record/elon-musk.md) | founder_of | [PayPal](/record/paypal.md) | valid undated to present | conf 0.60 | valid | [clm_38D10C881923](/claim/clm_38D10C881923.md)
  sources: https://marketrealist.com/p/did-elon-musk-create-paypal/, https://quartr.com/insights/company-research/the-paypal-story-online-payment-pioneers, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483959

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Elon Musk](/record/elon-musk.md) | founder_of | [PayPal](/record/paypal.md) | valid undated to present | conf 0.60 | valid | [clm_38D10C881923](/claim/clm_38D10C881923.md)
  sources: https://marketrealist.com/p/did-elon-musk-create-paypal/, https://quartr.com/insights/company-research/the-paypal-story-online-payment-pioneers, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483959
- [Elon Musk](/record/elon-musk.md) | founder_of | [SpaceX](/record/spacex.md) | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | unverified | [clm_DF43CDA960F4](/claim/clm_DF43CDA960F4.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193701, https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/sports-and-leisure/spacex
- [Elon Musk](/record/elon-musk.md) | founder_of | [xAI](/record/xai.md) | valid undated to present | conf 0.95 | unverified | [clm_772EF469F542](/claim/clm_772EF469F542.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120599684, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-new-ai-company-xai-google-open-ai/

## Questions this record answers

### What is Elon Musk founder of?

PayPal, as the record asserts on November 8, 2026, from 2 secondary sources (marketrealist.com and quartr.com).


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