Ken Howery is a co-founder of PayPal and served as the company's first CFO. While at PayPal, Ken helped raise over $200 million in private financing, worked on the company's public offerings, and assisted in the company's $1.5 billion sale to eBay. Before launching Founders Fund, Ken was a member of the research and trading teams at Clarium Capital Management, as well as a partner with Peter Thiel in his private venture investing, helping Peter diligence deals, including Peter's initial Facebook investment. Ken received his BA in Economics from Stanford University.