Peter Teal, Founder of Pay Pal

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Max chafkin, author of the contrarian. So peter teal goes from campus conservative to tech investor. He sells pay pal to e b for a billion and a half dollars. His net worth goes up and up. When does he start giving money to political candidates? Ti has considered himself political or like, his entire adult life,. But i think what teal was trying to do was sort of insert himself into what was becoming a movement.

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This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey and Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Noel King.

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