Today’s guest is Ken Miller who was employee number twenty two at PayPal. Having originally joined Elon Musk’s X.com, Ken was in charge of anti-fraud which was a difficult job at the best of times, not least at the dawn of the internet. Ken spent seven years at PayPal dealing with everything from fraudulent accounts, the death of a much-loved colleague to the unceremonious ousting of then-CEO Elon Musk and even the Russian mafia.
In today’s conversation, Ken also talks to me about his upbringing and how that instilled a sense of grit and self-reliance which would serve him well at PayPal and beyond, as an entrepreneur himself.
This is a wide-ranging and fun conversation which I think you will really enjoy!
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Mentioned in the episode:
The Max that Ken refers to is Max Levchin
The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley
My interview with Jimmy Soni
