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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Luke_NosekLuke Nosek - Wikipedia

    Łukasz Nosek (/ ˈ n oʊ s ɪ k /; born June 1975) is a Polish-American entrepreneur, notable for being a co-founder of PayPal. Biography. Łukasz Nosek was born in Tarnów, Poland. After emigrating to the US, he earned a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.

  2. Apr 16, 2024 · Luke Nosek is a Polish-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist known primarily for being one of the co-founders of PayPal. After graduating from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Nosek worked briefly for Netscape before starting PayPal with Peter Thiel and Max Levchin. Nosek was PayPal’s vice president of marketing and ...

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  4. Mar 27, 2024 · March 27, 2024. Luke Nosek, co-founder of PayPal, Founders Fund and Gigafund, has quietly backed some of technology‘s most impactful companies for over 20 years. You may not have heard of Luke Nosek, but there’s a good chance you’ve used companies or technologies he helped create. As an original member of the so-called "PayPal Mafia ...

  5. Sep 22, 2023 · PayPal’s subsequent acquisition by eBay for $1.5 billion in stock was a testament to his resolve. It was more than a business transaction; it was the universe’s nod to Nosek’s indomitable ...

  6. www.forbes.com › profile › luke-nosekLuke Nosek - Forbes

    Luke Nosek's venture capital career was influenced heavily by the connections he made as one of the first employees at PayPal, the online payment company bought by eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion.

  7. Nov 20, 2011 · In 2010, Luke Nosek, his friend and a partner at Founders Fund, told Thiel about a biotech startup that was developing a way to read the entire DNA sequence of the human genome through an electron ...

  8. A Polish-born American entrepreneur, he received a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In the summer of 1995, while still in college, he co-founded SponsorNet New Media, Inc., along with fellow UIUC students Max Levchin and Scott Banister. He then worked for Netscape Communications Corporation. In 1998, with Max Levchin, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk ...

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