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X.com merges with Confinity

Event 4 of 9 in How Elon Musk's early ventures unfolded

The event

30 Mar 2000

Turning point

Corporate

X.com merges with Confinity

X.com merged with Confinity, developer of PayPal. The later management biographies identify Peter Thiel as Confinity's co-founder and former chief executive, and Max Levchin as its co-founder and chief technology officer.

PayPal Open event

Sources and context

PayPal 2001 Form 10-K: company history, management and IPOCompany statement · PayPal

Sources for this event

PayPal 2001 Form 10-K: company history, management and IPO PayPal

Before · Apr 1999
Compaq acquires Zip2After · 24 Sep 2000
Musk leaves the chief executive role

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