A group of tech innovators who formed PayPal have quietly amassed a lot of power in Silicon Valley and in the U.S. government ...

A look at how the conservative billionaires have leveraged their wealth and connections to positions of power that aid their ...

A cryptocurrency promoter is set to helm the nation’s commodities regulator. An online-payment entrepreneur has been nominated to lead its space program. An electric-car, aerospace, and social ...

The term "PayPal Mafia" was first coined by Fortune magazine ... Their broader web of influence includes figures like Jim O'Neill, former CEO of Thiel's foundation, picked by Trump to be deputy ...

From the stage there was jubilation over Mr Musk’s influence on the president-elect ... the incoming vice-president. “The PayPal Mafia’s takeover of the government is now complete ...

DONALD TRUMP’s selection late Thursday of the venture capitalist DAVID SACKS to serve as czar for cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence policy is poised to cement the influence of the VC ...

But Musk, Thiel and Sacks have eagerly pursued political influence, and when President ... “He’s the godfather of the PayPal mafia.” Thiel landed in the Bay Area as a child in the mid ...