John BullJul 25, 2023

To understand Musk's renewed obsession with X and focus on financial services, you REALLY need to understand the X/Confinity merger that became PayPal.

And, particularly, the Peter Thiel-led coup that kicked Musk out as CEO/Chief Strategist.

Here's how that happened. 1/🧵 #history #technology

Show threadSoftwarewolfJul 25, 2023
@garius Fascinating bit of history here. Have you considered posting this as a blog post on your Medium site? Also, what sources did you use for this information?
Show threadJohn Bull

@faoluin various articles and dotcom histories.

If you want a good one on PayPal specifically, which covers all of this in a relatively non hagiographic way, I HIGHLY recommend The Founders by Jimmy Soni.

Jul 25, 2023 at 2:27pmWeb
Show threadSoftwarewolfJul 25, 2023
@garius Thanks!