Tesla’s Elon Musk came close to bankruptcy during his time at PayPal. Here’s how he turned it into SpaceX triumph
In 2000, while Musk was CEO of X.com, the predecessor of PayPal, he was ousted during a trip to Australia with his then-wife, Justine. According to Isaacson, Peter Thiel, Max Levchin, Reid Hoffman, and David Dacks orchestrated the move to remove Musk.