PayPal: Max Levchin (June 2022)
How I Built This with Guy Raz
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From Ukraine to Entrepreneurship: A Journey of Resilience
This chapter explores the speaker's rich familial background, from their parents' unique careers to their own upbringing in a Russian-speaking, Yiddish-influenced home. It recounts formative experiences in the Soviet Union, including standing up against antisemitism, and the challenges faced after immigrating to the U.S. The speaker's transition from aspirations of academia to a burgeoning interest in entrepreneurship around the early internet sets the stage for their future endeavors, illustrating a journey marked by resilience and determination.
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