Pay Pal Co-Founder, Greg Kouri, Dead at 51

Became a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley after the success of Pay Pal

Greg Kouri, who co-founded the e-commerce payment service PayPal, died unexpectedly in New York City on Sunday. He was 51, a native of Canada, and lived in Miami Beach.

Jack Abdo, a prominent South Florida developer and a paternal cousin, said that Kouri succumbed to a heart attack shortly after arriving at a hospital emergency room.