Overview
TrueUp
Trajectory Score
42
/100
Business
Online payments
Founded
28 years ago
December 1998
Employees
24,000
TrueUp
Rank
#59
Valuation
$38 billion
TrueUp
Rank
#159
Company type
Public$PYPL
PayPal is an Online payments company with 156 job openings. It is currently valued at $38 billion as a public company. 24,000 people work at PayPal. The company was founded in 1998.
Company grid
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Jobs
Open jobs
156
TrueUp
Rank
#288
Top Job Categories
Jobs
1.
Engineering (Software)
48
(31%)
2.
Finance
19
(12%)
3.
Data Science
13
(8%)
4.
Product Management
13
(8%)
5.
Legal
9
(6%)
Top Job Locations
Jobs
1.
๐บ๐ธ United States
39
(25%)
2.
๐บ๐ธ San Francisco Bay Area
18
(12%)
3.
๐ฉ๐ช Berlin, Germany
11
(7%)
4.
๐ฉ๐ช Germany
11
(7%)
5.
๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg
11
(7%)
Top Tech/Tools Mentioned
Jobs
Financials
Revenue
$34billion
trailing 12mo
TrueUp
Rank
#30
PayPal's revenue would rank #109 among country GDPs
#108
Georgia$34 B
#109
PayPal$34 B
#110
Iceland$33 B
Revenue growth (vs. same quarter last year)
7.2%
TrueUp
Rank
#352
MULTIPLES
Valuation per employee
$1.6 million
Revenue per employee
$1.4 million
Products
Notable customers
Culture
Employee sentiment
Would recommend company
60%
9,000+ reviews
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Worse than 60% of tech co's
Approve of CEO
Enrique Lores
50%
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Company culture links
People
Employees
24,000
Source: Public data
PayPal Org Chart

Rankings and awards

Axios Harris Poll
Corporate reputation: 'Very good'
2026

Fortune 500 #139
2026

F-Prime Fintech Index
Member
2026

Fortune Americaโs Most Innovative #56
2026

Fortune Most Admired
2026

G2 Best Software Companies #31
2026
Layoffs
Jun 2024 ยท 2 years ago
85 impacted
Jan 2024 ยท 2 years ago
2,500 impacted9%
Mar 2023 ยท 3 years ago
35 impacted
Jan 2023 ยท 3 years ago
2,000 impacted7%
+2 more layoff events
Policies
Open jobs that are remote
1% (1 jobs)
H1B sponsorships (2025)
970
TrueUp
Rank
#20
Top posts
History
Associated billionaires(Sources: Forbes, Bloomberg, Wikipedia)
Peter Thiel
$23.8B
Reid Hoffman
$2.7B
Max Levchin
$2.4B
IPO date
Feb 15, 2002
24 years ago
Top owners at IPO
11.7% - Elon R. Musk
8.8% - Sequoia Capital
7.9% - Nokia Ventures
5.6% - Clearstone Venture
4.6% - Peter A. Thiel
4.5% - Madison Dearborn Partners
2.9% - Max R. Levchin
1.5% - The Goldman Sachs Group
1.4% - Credit Agricole
1.4% - Sonera
1.2% - Bill H. Harris
1.1% - Hikari Tsushin
Founder ownership at IPO
19.2%
Implied founder equity split
61% - Elon R. Musk
24% - Peter A. Thiel
15% - Max R. Levchin
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