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Peter Andreas Thiel ( / tiːl /; born 11 October 1967) is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist. [1] [2] [3] A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in Facebook.
3 days ago · PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel remains a general partner of venture capital firm Founders Fund, where he is involved in firm strategy and weighs in on its large investments.
Jul 2, 2024 · Peter Thiel (born October 11, 1967, Frankfurt am Main, West Germany) is a German American entrepreneur, venture capitalist and business executive who helped found PayPal, an e-commerce company, and Palantir Technologies, a software firm involved in data analysis.
Sep 21, 2021 · P aypal cofounder Peter Thiel is famous for destroying media outlets, not paying taxes, and being a conservative tech billionaire. A new biography, The Contrarian, suggests that he is after...
Peter Thiel is an entrepreneur and investor. He cofounded PayPal, led it as CEO, and took it public; he made the first outside investment in Facebook.
Sep 21, 2021 · In a revealing new biography, “The Contrarian,” the journalist Max Chafkin charts Thiel’s ascendancy in Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C., as a driven man drawn to far-right causes and ...
Oct 27, 2021 · Anna Wiener writes about the billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel, his background and intellectual interests, and what makes him interesting to his followers and critics.
4 days ago · A self-described contrarian, Peter Thiel made his fortune by appealing to the masses. He co-founded PayPal in 1999 on expectations that people would want a more integrated way to spend...
Feb 9, 2022 · He helped found PayPal and was an early Facebook investor. Now he's stepping further away from Silicon Valley to help fund right-wing politicians in the midterm elections.
Sep 21, 2021 · Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Max Chafkin talks about the tech billionaire who broke with most of Silicon Valley in backing Trump. Thiel also secretly funded the lawsuit that bankrupted Gawker.
