Max Levchin (PayPal Co-Founder) likes the edge

Iria · Feb 26, 2006, 09:31 PM

Max Levchin, who immigrated to the United States as a teenager from Ukraine, achieved a smashing success in 2002 when he was just 26 years old.

The company he co-founded, PayPal, was sold to eBay for $1.5 billion.

His parents, apparently, were not satisfied. His mother told him, with what Levchin describes as aspirations typical of Eastern European Jewish parents, that maybe he could finally earn a doctorate degree.

But for Levchin, 30, who is one of the Internet's most renowned fraud combatants, the fire to achieve has meant plunging back into the startup world.
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Feb 26, 2006, 09:31 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Max Levchin (PayPal Co-Founder) likes the edge Max Levchin, who immigrated to the United States as a teenager from Ukraine, achieved a smashing success in 2002 when he was just 26 years old. The company he co-founded, PayPal, was sold to eBay for $1.5 billion. His parents, apparently, were not satisfied. His mother told him, with what Levchin describes as aspirations typical of Eastern European Jewish parents, that maybe he could finally earn a doctorate degree. But for Levchin, 30, who is one of the Internet's most renowned fraud combatants, the fire to achieve has meant plunging back into the startup world. __________ Read More / Source: SFGate