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PayPal's Competitors, Revenue, Number of Employees, Funding and Acquisitions

PayPal is an online payments system to send or receive money or to set up a merchant account.

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Based on data from PayPal's latest SEC filings

Annual Revenue

Based on data from PayPal's latest SEC filings

Employees

Dan Schulman's photo - President & CEO of PayPal

President & CEO

Dan Schulman

CEO Approval Rating

84/100

OVERVIEW

Founded:

1998

Headquarters:

San JoseCalifornia

Status:

PublicIndependent Company of NASDAQPYPL

Industry Sector:

Application Software

Internet Software

SIC Code:

6199NAICS listing »

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Competitive Analysis

TOP COMPETITORS OR ALTERNATIVES

WePay is perceived as one of PayPal's biggest rivals. WePay was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in Redwood City, California. Like PayPal, WePay also competes in the Internet Software space. WePay generates $17B less revenue vs. PayPal.

2Checkout is a top competitor of PayPal. 2Checkout is a Private company that was founded in 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia. Like PayPal, 2Checkout also works within the Application Software sector. Compared to PayPal, 2Checkout has 21,350 fewer employees.

Authorize.Net is PayPal's #3 rival. Authorize.Net is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and was founded in 1996. Authorize.Net operates in the Internet Software industry. Authorize.Net generates 0.04% the revenue of PayPal.

RANK

COMPANY

LEADERSHIP

CEO SCORE

EMPLOYEES

TOTAL FUNDING

REVENUE

Dan Schulman

President & CEO

- -
21,800
$260.2M
$17B
1

Bill Clerico

Co-Founder & CEO

69/100
226
$73.5M
$75M
2

Alex P. Hart

CEO

77/100
450
$77.5M
$65M
3

CEO

- -
40
- -
$6M
4

Lorenzo Pellegrino

CEO

80/100
717
- -
$261.1M
5

Sasan Goodarzi

CEO

73/100
7,900
- -
$6.9B
6

CEO

- -
124
- -
$11M
7

Ben Milne

Founder & CEO

64/100
50
$51.2M
$8.8M
8

Bill Ready

CEO

76/100
1,500
$70.2M
$150M
9

Patrick Collison

Co-Founder & CEO

93/100
2,000
$997.7M
$1.5B
10

Scott Galit

CEO

83/100
1,200
$270M
$174.4M
The top 10 competitors in PayPal's competitive set are WePay, 2Checkout, Authorize.Net, Skrill, Intuit, ProPay, Dwolla, Braintree, Stripe and Payoneer. Together they have raised over 1.5B between their estimated 15.7K employees. PayPal has 21,800 employees and is ranked 1st among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 3,273.

Quarterly and Annual Revenue

Trailing 12-Months Trend (TTM)

Annual Revenue

$17B

PayPal's revenue is the ranked 1st among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 2.4B. Over the last four quarters, PayPal's revenue has grown by 3.6%. Specifically, in Q3 2019's revenue was $4.4B; in Q2 2019, it was $4.3B; in Q1 2019, it was $4.1B; in Q4 2018, PayPal's revenue was $4.2B.

Acquisitions

COMPANY ACQUIRED
ACQUISITION DATE
AMOUNT
DESCRIPTION
Honey

Nov 2019

Source »
$4B
Honey is a web-based platform that allows users to tracks prices and find discount codes for online products.
GOPAY s.r.o.

Sep 2019

Source »
undisclosed
GOPAY develops a web and mobile-based platform that provides payment solutions for e-commerce and aviation travel industries.
Hyperwallet Systems, Inc.

Jun 2018

Source »
$400M
Hyperwallet provides online money transfer and cross-border payment solutions for businesses.
Simility, Inc.

Jun 2018

Source »
$120M
Simility is a cloud-based adaptive fraud prevention platform that combines machine learning with human analysis to detect fraudsters evolving tactics.
Jetlore

May 2018

Source »
undisclosed
Jetlore is an AI-based platform that allows online retailers to predict and create product listing pages and promotional email layouts.

These are all the companies that PayPal has acquired. PayPal has acquired 14 companies and its latest acquisition was Honey in Nov 2019. Honey is a web-based platform that allows users to tracks prices and find discount codes for online products.

PayPal Funding History

Since PayPal was founded in 1998, it has participated in 3 rounds of funding. In total PayPal has raised $260.2M. PayPal's last funding round was on Feb 2002 for a total of $70.2M

ROUND

FUNDING DATE

AMOUNT

INVESTORS

IPO
Feb 2002
$70.2M
-
Series D
Feb 2001
$90M
Series C
Apr 2000
$100M

Sequoia Capital

Total Funding: $260.2M

Since PayPal was founded in 1998, it has participated in 3 rounds of funding. In total PayPal has raised $260.2M. PayPal's last funding round was on Feb 2002 for a total of $70.2M

Investments

COMPANY

DESCRIPTION

AMOUNT

INVESTMENT DATE

ROUND

EXIT DATE

Tink is an open banking platform that offers account aggregation, personal finance management, data enrichment and payment initiation solutions.
$11.2M
Jun 03, 2019
Equity
-
Happy Returns provides in-person return and logistics solutions for retailers.
$11M
Apr 24, 2019
Equity
-
Cambridge Blockchain develops a SaaS-based platform that provides identity management and compliance solutions for financial institutions.
-
Apr 01, 2019
Series A
-
Ellevest is a digital investment platform that provides personal finance and investment advisory services.
$28M
Mar 10, 2019
Equity
-
Raisin is a savings and investment marketplace that allows banks to offer third-party deposit products.
$114M
Feb 05, 2019
Series D
-

These are all the companies that PayPal has invested in. PayPal has invested 14 companies and its latest investment was Honey in Nov 2019. Honey is a web-based platform that allows users to tracks prices and find discount codes for online products.

PayPal News

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PayPal Press Releases

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PayPal Videos

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Social Statistics

Headquarters

2211 North First Street

San Jose, California95131

408-967-7500

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ABOUT

Overview

PayPal is an online payments system to send or receive money or to set up a merchant account. PayPal was founded in 1998. PayPal's headquarters is located in San Jose, California, USA 95131. It has raised 260.2M in 3 rounds. The latest round was in Fe...

CEO

PayPal's President & CEO, Dan Schulman, currently has an approval rating of 84%. PayPal's primary competitors are WePay, 2Checkout & Authorize.Net.

Website

paypal.com

Frequently Asked Questions about PayPal

  1. When was PayPal founded?

    PayPal was founded in 1998

  2. Who is PayPal's CEO?

    PayPal's CEO is Dan Schulman

  3. How much revenue does PayPal generate?

    PayPal generates $17B in revenue

  4. How much funding does PayPal have?

    PayPal has historically raised $260.2M in funding

  5. Where is PayPal's headquarters?

    PayPal's headquarters is in San Jose California, USA

  1. How many employees does PayPal have?

    PayPal has 21,800 employees

  2. What sector does PayPal operate in?

    PayPal is in Application Software, Internet Software

  3. Who are PayPal's competitors?

    PayPal's top competitors are WePay, 2Checkout, Authorize.Net

  4. Who has PayPal invested in?

    PayPal's has invested in companies such as Tink, Happy Returns, Cambridge Blockchain
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