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Peter Andreas Thiel (/ t iː l /; born 11 October 1967) is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist. A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in Facebook.
2 days ago · About Peter Thiel. 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...
7 hours ago · Donald Trump's pick for Vice President may be good news for Peter Thiel. Thiel has played an outsize role in helping JD Vance's career rocket. The former PayPal CEO has a long history of putting ...
6 hours ago · File: Peter Thiel, co-founder and chairman of Palantir Technologies Inc., speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 18, 2019. Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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. He also invested in several notable ventures, including Facebook.
Nov 9, 2023 · Not for the first time, Peter Thiel has lost interest in democracy. T hiel’s decision to endorse Trump at the Republican National Convention in 2016 surprised some of his closest friends.
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 ...
Feb 13, 2024 · Founders Fund, the venture capital firm founded by billionaire Peter Thiel, is investing once again in bitcoin and ether, sources said, signaling Silicon Valley's renewed interest in ...
3 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...
1 day ago · Peter Thiel, the billionaire tech investor turned digital defense contractor, enabled his entire political career. It was Thiel who, in 2017, hired Vance to work at his Mithril Capital firm (Mithril is a metal featured in “The Hobbit”) and later invested heavily in Vance’s fund Narya Capital (Narya is a ring in “The Lord of the Rings”).
