Peter Andreas Thiel ( ; born 11 October 1967) is a German and 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. According to Forbes, as of May 2025, Thiel's estimated net worth stood at US$20.8 billion, making him the 103rd-richest individual in the world. Thiel has been described as an "intellectual architect of Silicon Valley's contemporary ethos".
Born in Germany, Thiel was taken to the US by his parents when he was one year old. In 1971, his family moved to South Africa then South West Africa, before moving back to the US in 1977. After graduating from Stanford, he worked as a clerk, a securities lawyer, a speechwriter, and subsequently a derivatives trader at Credit Suisse. He founded Thiel Capital Management in 1996 and co-founded PayPal with Max Levchin and Luke Nosek in 1998. He was the chief executive officer of PayPal until its sale to eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion.
Following PayPal, Thiel founded Clarium Capital, a global macro hedge fund based in San Francisco. In 2003, he launched Palantir Technologies, a big data analysis company, and has been its chairman since its inception. In 2005, Thiel launched Founders Fund with PayPal partners Ken Howery and Luke Nosek. Thiel became Facebook's first outside investor when he acquired a 10.2% stake in the company for $500,000 in August 2004. He co-founded Valar Ventures in 2010, co-founded Mithril Capital, was investment committee chair, in 2012, and was a part-time partner at Y Combinator from 2015 to 2017. He was granted New Zealand citizenship in 2011, which later became controversial in New Zealand.
Variously described as a conservative libertarian and democracy-skeptic authoritarian, Thiel has made substantial donations to American right-wing figures and causes. Through the Thiel Foundation, Thiel governs the grant-making bodies Breakout Labs and Thiel Fellowship. In 2016, when the Bollea v. Gawker lawsuit ended up with Gawker losing the case, Thiel confirmed that he had funded Hulk Hogan. Gawker had previously outed Thiel as gay.
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Date: 12 October 1967
By HENRY RAYMONT
Henry RAYMONT
Lord Thomson predicts 'more and better newspapers' in next decade, s, NYC; confident on indus outlook; comments on his pub holdings
Date: 12 October 1967
By GLADWIN HILL Special to The New York Times
Gladwin Special
US Dist Ct rules Times '64 acquisition of San Bernardino Sun violates antitrust laws, orders Times to divest self of co; rejects Justice Dept bid for permanent ban against Times acquisition of any other Southern Calif papers
Date: 12 October 1967
NYS Sup Ct denies village motion to dismiss suit by Times Herald-Record to gain access to village books and records in connection with fees allegedly paid to Village Atty Bradford which were later reimbursed by Consol Edison
Date: 11 October 1967
USSR aid to N Vietnam in part causes rise in USSR defense budget
Date: 11 October 1967
Mohawk sets nonstop service, Westchester County-Detroit
Date: 11 October 1967
Cuban officials reptdly consider rept unconfirmed, decline comment