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The PayPal Mafia" is a group of former PayPal employees and founders who have since founded and developed additional technology companies such as Tesla, YouTube, Yelp, LinkedIn, and SpaceX. This group of PayPal alumni became so prolific that the term "PayPal Mafia" was coined. The term gained wider exposure when a 2007 article in Fortune magazine used the phrase in its headline and featured a photo of former PayPal employees in gangster attire. Peter Thiel, PayPal founder is often referred to as the "don" of the PayPal Mafia.