3. Peter Thiel Max Levchin Elon Musk
David O. Sacks
Keith Rabois
Jason Portnoy Luke Nosek
Andrew McCormack
Dave McClure
Rod D. Martin
Jawed Karim
Eric M. Jackson
Chad Hurley Ken Howery
Reid Hoffman
David Gausebeck
Steve Chen
Roelof BothaYishan Wong
Jeremy Stoppelman
Russel Simmons
Primal Shah
Jack SelbyScott Banister
5M
2.5B
340M
?
1B
?
?
350M
50M
?
5M
50M
222M
?
20.9B300M
1.2B
3.9B
140M
?
400M 1.5B
?
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4. Peter Thiel Max Levchin Elon Musk
Keith Rabois
Luke Nosek
Jawed Karim
Chad Hurley Ken Howery
Reid Hoffman
Steve Chen
Jeremy Stoppelman
Russel Simmons
2.5B
340M
1B
350M
222M
20.9B300M
1.2B
3.9B
140M
400M 1.5B
5. Peter Thiel Elon Musk
Keith Rabois
Luke Nosek
Ken Howery
Reid Hoffman
2.5B
1B
20.9B
1.2B
3.9B
1.5B
12. Secret Sauce
• Made revenue quickly
• Two months after launch $350,000 in revenue
• Two years after launch $12,500,000 in revenue
• Kept investor confidence
• Led two funding rounds after the bubble burst