From PayPal to Policy: Elon Musk’s Vision for Efficiency Elon Musk played a crucial role in shaping PayPal’s success. In 1999, he founded X.com, an online payment platform that later merged with Confinity, a company co-founded by Peter Thiel and Max Levchin. This merger ultimately created PayPal, transforming the world of digital payments. Today, Musk is applying his entrepreneurial mindset to advocate for improved government efficiency. He has frequently criticized bureaucratic delays and outda