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Ken HoweryFounders Fund: PayPal, Facebook, SpaceX, ZocDoc

Ken Howery is a managing partner at Founders Fund. He was a co-founder of PayPal and served as the company’s first CFO. While at PayPal, Ken helped raise over $200 million in private financing, worked on the company’s public offerings, and assisted in the company’s $1.5 billion sale to eBay.

Before launching Founders Fund, Ken was a member of the research and trading teams at Clarium Capital Management. He was also a partner with Peter Thiel in his private venture investing, where he performed due diligence on deals, including the initial investment in Facebook. Ken is also a member of ...

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