# PayPal founder

entity: /record/paypal.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/paypal/founder  
as_of: 2026-11-01  

As of November 1, 2026, PayPal's founders on the AsOf record are Peter Thiel and Max Levchin, each a claim of its own with its date, from 3 sources in all. The record holds 2 claims on PayPal's founder, 2 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-11-01.

- [PayPal](/record/paypal.md) | founder | Peter Thiel | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_6E3EAAC43C03](/claim/clm_6E3EAAC43C03.md)
  sources: https://www.electronicpaymentsinternational.com/news/paypal-history-milestones/, https://www.alexanderjarvis.com/memo-paypals-original-business-plan/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483959
- [PayPal](/record/paypal.md) | founder | Max Levchin | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_C91A3B8607B2](/claim/clm_C91A3B8607B2.md)
  sources: https://www.electronicpaymentsinternational.com/news/paypal-history-milestones/, https://www.alexanderjarvis.com/memo-paypals-original-business-plan/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483959

## Every dated value

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 Superseded claims stay visible.

- [PayPal](/record/paypal.md) | founder | Peter Thiel | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_6E3EAAC43C03](/claim/clm_6E3EAAC43C03.md)
  sources: https://www.electronicpaymentsinternational.com/news/paypal-history-milestones/, https://www.alexanderjarvis.com/memo-paypals-original-business-plan/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483959
- [PayPal](/record/paypal.md) | founder | Max Levchin | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_C91A3B8607B2](/claim/clm_C91A3B8607B2.md)
  sources: https://www.electronicpaymentsinternational.com/news/paypal-history-milestones/, https://www.alexanderjarvis.com/memo-paypals-original-business-plan/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483959

## Questions this record answers

### Who are PayPal's founders?

Peter Thiel (undated) and Max Levchin (undated), as the record asserts them on November 1, 2026.


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/paypal/founder (this fact) · /v1/entities/paypal?predicates=founder (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: timeline(entity: "paypal", predicates: ["founder"]) for every dated value · fetch(id: "/record/paypal/founder.md") for this page
- Entity twin: /record/paypal.md · timeline: /timelines/paypal.md

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