multicolorKnight@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe Complete List of Elon Musk Companieswww.thomasnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1212arrow-down1external-linkThe Complete List of Elon Musk Companieswww.thomasnet.commulticolorKnight@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square26linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePlebcouncilman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up92·1 year agoThiel, Elon & Co. sold PayPal almost two decades ago. That’s from where they got the money for SpaceX (Thiel is an early investor in SpaceX too).
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up29·1 year agoCurious about other inaccuracies in that list.
minus-squarePlebcouncilman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·1 year agoAs far as I can tell it’s correct. It just failed to disclose the sale of PayPal.
minus-squareerrer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoA lot of what is in the list is irrelevant because the companies do not exist anymore. SolarCity is just Tesla now (I have a solarcity system that is now managed…badly…by Tesla)
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoIt’s not inaccurate. It just says Musk is a co-founder of Paypal, nothing about the current ownership. Would have been better to mention that, though.
minus-squaremulticolorKnight@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down14·1 year agoCitation?
minus-squarePlebcouncilman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·1 year agoIt’s common knowledge, but here ya go https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal
minus-squaremulticolorKnight@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·1 year agoSure enough. Thanks, the source is reputable enough, but I should have checked it anyway.
minus-squareessteeyou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoIs it reputable if the information it gives is 23 years out of date?
minus-squaresupernight52@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIf the events happened at that time, why would it matter? The fact that they sold off 2 decades ago isn’t changing.
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoIt was sold to Ebay in 2002. You can see it on their official website. https://about.pypl.com/who-we-are/history-and-facts/default.aspx
Thiel, Elon & Co. sold PayPal almost two decades ago. That’s from where they got the money for SpaceX (Thiel is an early investor in SpaceX too).
Curious about other inaccuracies in that list.
As far as I can tell it’s correct. It just failed to disclose the sale of PayPal.
A lot of what is in the list is irrelevant because the companies do not exist anymore. SolarCity is just Tesla now (I have a solarcity system that is now managed…badly…by Tesla)
It’s not inaccurate. It just says Musk is a co-founder of Paypal, nothing about the current ownership. Would have been better to mention that, though.
Citation?
It’s common knowledge, but here ya go
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal
Sure enough. Thanks, the source is reputable enough, but I should have checked it anyway.
Is it reputable if the information it gives is 23 years out of date?
If the events happened at that time, why would it matter? The fact that they sold off 2 decades ago isn’t changing.
It was sold to Ebay in 2002. You can see it on their official website. https://about.pypl.com/who-we-are/history-and-facts/default.aspx