Where the 'paypal Mafia' Is Today: Founders, Fortunes and Feuds
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theandrewbailey
3 months ago
I was reading the Reid Hoffman section and thought 'he's the Netflix guy, right?' and wondered why it didn't mention Netflix. A cursory search says I'm thinking of Reed Hastings.
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