Talks to sell PayPal to Stripe and Advent are heating up

关于将 PayPal 出售给 Stripe 和 Advent 的谈判正在升温

PayPal CEO Enrique Lores’ turnaround plan for the fintech company could include a sale — of itself. The prospect first popped in July when Stripe and private equity giant Advent offered to buy PayPal for $60.50 a share in a deal that would have valued it at $53 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported at the time. PayPal 首席执行官 Enrique Lores 为这家金融科技公司制定的转型计划可能包括一项举措——出售公司本身。据《华尔街日报》当时报道，这一前景最早出现在 7 月，当时 Stripe 和私募股权巨头 Advent 提出以每股 60.50 美元的价格收购 PayPal，这笔交易对 PayPal 的估值为 530 亿美元。

PayPal balked. But apparently, negotiations never stopped and a deal could come together in the coming weeks, according to new reporting by the WSJ, which cited unnamed sources. PayPal declined to comment on the report. A Stripe spokesperson said the company doesn’t “comment on rumors or speculation.” PayPal 当时拒绝了这一提议。但据《华尔街日报》援引匿名消息来源的最新报道，谈判显然从未停止，交易可能会在未来几周内达成。PayPal 拒绝就该报道发表评论。Stripe 发言人表示，公司不对“传言或猜测”发表评论。

The negotiations are taking place as Lores attempts to save the company from its lagging trajectory. Lores joined PayPal in March, after spending years at HP. In April, Lores made the first moves in his turnaround plan, including an executive shuffle and splitting the business into three operating models: checkout solutions and PayPal, consumer financial services (and Venmo), and payment services and crypto. 此次谈判正值 Lores 试图挽救公司颓势之际。Lores 在惠普工作多年后，于今年 3 月加入 PayPal。4 月，Lores 迈出了转型计划的第一步，包括进行高管调整，并将业务拆分为三种运营模式：结账解决方案与 PayPal、消费者金融服务（及 Venmo），以及支付服务与加密货币。

A month later, Lores told investors that PayPal would “recommit to the fundamentals,” which included “becoming a technology company again.” PayPal’s turnaround will also include a cost-saving plan, which is expected to reduce its workforce by 20% over the next two to three years. 一个月后，Lores 告诉投资者，PayPal 将“重回基本面”，其中包括“重新成为一家科技公司”。PayPal 的转型还将包括一项成本削减计划，预计在未来两到三年内裁员 20%。

PayPal was founded in 1998 by a number of men who went on to be Silicon Valley luminaries, including Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Max Levchin, Luke Nosek, and others. The company has struggled in recent years, after ballooning during the pandemic due to an e-commerce boom. PayPal 由多位后来成为硅谷风云人物的创业者于 1998 年创立，其中包括彼得·蒂尔（Peter Thiel）、埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）、马克斯·列夫琴（Max Levchin）、卢克·诺塞克（Luke Nosek）等人。在疫情期间因电子商务繁荣而迅速扩张后，该公司近年来一直陷入困境。