Luke Nosek A close friend in Texas now and active in conservative politics, Mr. Nosek is one of the several entrepreneurs who helped start PayPal. David Sacks A PayPal Mafia associate, Mr. Sacks ...

Getty Images The Founders Fund, a venture capital fund that included ex-PayPal board members Thiel, Ken Howery, and Luke Nosek, came to the rescue with a $20 million investment. “Part of my ...

Musk will likely draw from some of the same backers who’ve consistently funded his ventures, from Tesla to SpaceX, including Antonio Gracias of Valor Equity Partners and Luke Nosek of Gigafund.

Founded in December 1998 by Max Levchin, Peter Thiel and Luke Nosek, the payment platform that would later become PayPal began as a Palm Pilot cryptography company called Confinity, which was ...