Peter Thiel
Peter Andreas Thiel (teel; born October 11, 1967) is an American entrepreneur. He helped create PayPal, Palantir Technologies and Founders Fund. In 2018, he supposedly had $2.5 billion.[3][4]
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| Born | Peter Andreas Thiel October 11, 1967 |
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| Education | Stanford University (BA, JD) |
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| Political party | Republican[1] |
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Matt Danzeisen (m. 2017) |
Thiel was born in Frankfurt. As a baby, he moved with his family to the United States. He spent some time in Southern Africa. He studied philosophy at Stanford University, graduating with a B.A. in 1989. He then went on to the Stanford Law School and received his J.D. in 1992. He worked as a lawyer, speechwriter, and trader. He founded Thiel Capital in 1996. He co-founded PayPal in 1999. He was chief executive officer until he sold the company to eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion.
He founded Clarium Capital, a global macro hedge fund. He launched Palantir Technologies, a big data analysis company, in 2004 and continues to serve as its chairman as of 2018. He helped create Founders Fund, a venture capital firm.
Thiel became Facebook's first outside investor by buying 10.2% for $500,000 in August 2004. He sold the majority of his shares in Facebook for over $1 billion in 2012, but remains on the board of directors. He also co-founded Valar Ventures in 2010, co-founded Mithril Capital.[5][6][7]
References
change- ↑ Schwab, Florian. "Interview of the Week: Peter Thiel". Die Weltwoche. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
- ↑ Staff writer(s) (March 27, 2019). "Peter Thiel". Forbes.
- ↑ Staff writer(s) (April 3, 2014). "Midas List 2014: The Billionaires". Forbes. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
- ↑ "Peter Thiel profile". Forbes. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ↑ "The PayPal Mafia: Who are they and where are Silicon Valley's richest group of men now?". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
- ↑ Waters, Richard. "Lunch with the FT: Peter Thiel". Financial Times.
- ↑ Hook, Leslie. "Tech elite discovers it may need Peter Thiel". Financial Times.