multicolorKnight@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前The Complete List of Elon Musk Companieswww.thomasnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1224arrow-down110file-text
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minus-squarePlebcouncilman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up93·4 个月前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).
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up29·4 个月前Curious about other inaccuracies in that list.
minus-squarePlebcouncilman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·4 个月前As far as I can tell it’s correct. It just failed to disclose the sale of PayPal.
minus-squareerrer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 个月前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)
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 个月前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.
minus-squarePlebcouncilman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·4 个月前It’s common knowledge, but here ya go https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal
minus-squaremulticolorKnight@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·4 个月前Sure enough. Thanks, the source is reputable enough, but I should have checked it anyway.
minus-squareessteeyou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·4 个月前Is it reputable if the information it gives is 23 years out of date?
minus-squaresupernight52@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 个月前If 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-up14·4 个月前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
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