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How come I don't see Elon Musk in any of these pictures? I don't know much of PayPal history, but didn't he co-found it?

salimmadjd 14y ago
As I understand it, Elon had massive plastic surgery and was never happy with his looks so you rarely see old photos of him, and if you do you can't tell it's him
encoderer 14y ago
Musk founded X.com which merged into PayPal very early.
JackWebbHeller 14y ago
Maybe Elon was a really keen photographer.
salimmadjd 14y ago
Here's a photo of musk with theil and bringing x.com. This is before Musk had his cosmetic work done, http://www.stepbrother.co.za/tech7.html http://www.stepbrother.co.za/tech7.html
- JackWebbHeller 14y ago
  Have you got a source on the whole plastic surgery thing? The difference between the two photos just looks like a man who grew into his looks and got took onboard some style advice.
  - salimmadjd 14y ago
    up-vote for the fair question. I was under the impression that information was common knowledge among SV elites. The person who initially told me was close to paypal people. How this came about it went something like this: me - Hey I noticed earlier photos of Musk and he looks so different. the other person - oh yeah, this whole surgery thing was known among some paypal people I know.... Ignoring the above conversation. His facial changes are sort of going against the pattern of aging. 1 - his receding hairline (starting 10 years ago) is reversing and it's almost gone now. http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/201/elonbeforeafter.jpg http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/201/elonbeforeafter.jpg 2 - usually people go from high cheekbone to rounded face as they age not usually the reverse. http://www.stepbrother.co.za/images/musk2.jpg http://www.stepbrother.co.za/images/musk2.jpg also the scar just under his left eye is not there anymore http://www.inc.com/uploaded_files/image/feature-80-Musk-1-pan_5343.jpg http://www.inc.com/uploaded_files/image/feature-80-Musk-1-pa... That said, I'm rather embarrassed for posting this and reply to your comment. But I find it intriguing what you need to do as a visionary since image is everything and there is probably something we can all learn from this.
confluence 14y ago
He was fired relatively quickly and at the time Max hated him for trying to kill PayPal and overruling his technical authority. So no happy snaps.
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BuddhaSource 14y ago
Was there some enmity with Levchin? I could be wrong, even I couldn't help noticed that he did not mention Musk anywhere forget just pictures.
pitchups 14y ago
Elon Musk gives his version of the early history of Paypal's founding in this post: http://valleywag.com/230076/an-alternate-history-according-to-elon-musk?tag=techpaypal http://valleywag.com/230076/an-alternate-history-according-t... Which if accurate, does make him a co-founder.

salimmadjd 14y ago

As I understand it, Elon had massive plastic surgery and was never happy with his looks so you rarely see old photos of him, and if you do you can't tell it's him

encoderer 14y ago

Musk founded X.com which merged into PayPal very early.

JackWebbHeller 14y ago

Maybe Elon was a really keen photographer.

salimmadjd 14y ago

Here's a photo of musk with theil and bringing x.com. This is before Musk had his cosmetic work done, http://www.stepbrother.co.za/tech7.html http://www.stepbrother.co.za/tech7.html

JackWebbHeller 14y ago
Have you got a source on the whole plastic surgery thing? The difference between the two photos just looks like a man who grew into his looks and got took onboard some style advice.
- salimmadjd 14y ago
  up-vote for the fair question. I was under the impression that information was common knowledge among SV elites. The person who initially told me was close to paypal people. How this came about it went something like this: me - Hey I noticed earlier photos of Musk and he looks so different. the other person - oh yeah, this whole surgery thing was known among some paypal people I know.... Ignoring the above conversation. His facial changes are sort of going against the pattern of aging. 1 - his receding hairline (starting 10 years ago) is reversing and it's almost gone now. http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/201/elonbeforeafter.jpg http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/201/elonbeforeafter.jpg 2 - usually people go from high cheekbone to rounded face as they age not usually the reverse. http://www.stepbrother.co.za/images/musk2.jpg http://www.stepbrother.co.za/images/musk2.jpg also the scar just under his left eye is not there anymore http://www.inc.com/uploaded_files/image/feature-80-Musk-1-pan_5343.jpg http://www.inc.com/uploaded_files/image/feature-80-Musk-1-pa... That said, I'm rather embarrassed for posting this and reply to your comment. But I find it intriguing what you need to do as a visionary since image is everything and there is probably something we can all learn from this.

confluence 14y ago

He was fired relatively quickly and at the time Max hated him for trying to kill PayPal and overruling his technical authority. So no happy snaps.

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BuddhaSource 14y ago

Was there some enmity with Levchin? I could be wrong, even I couldn't help noticed that he did not mention Musk anywhere forget just pictures.

pitchups 14y ago

Elon Musk gives his version of the early history of Paypal's founding in this post: http://valleywag.com/230076/an-alternate-history-according-to-elon-musk?tag=techpaypal http://valleywag.com/230076/an-alternate-history-according-t... Which if accurate, does make him a co-founder.