How Elon Musk's early ventures unfolded

This historical chapter ends with eBay's completed acquisition of PayPal on 3 October 2002. The purchase was a company transaction, not a statement of Musk's personal proceeds.

  1. 3 Oct 2002eBay completes the PayPal purchase
  2. 8 Jul 2002eBay announces the acquisition agreement
  3. 21 Feb 2002PayPal closes its initial public offering
  4. Feb 2001X.com becomes PayPal
  5. 24 Sep 2000Musk leaves the chief executive role
  6. 30 Mar 2000X.com merges with Confinity
  7. Apr 1999Compaq acquires Zip2
  8. Mar 1999Musk starts X.com
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