Peter Thiel
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1967 –
Who is Peter Thiel?
Peter Andreas Thiel is a German-born American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and hedge fund manager. Thiel cofounded PayPal with Max Levchin, and later, Elon Musk, and served as its CEO. He also cofounded Palantir, of which he is chairman. He serves as president of Clarium Capital, a global macro hedge fund with $700 million in assets under management; a managing partner in Founders Fund, a $275 million venture capital fund that he launched with Ken Howery and Luke Nosek in 2005; and cofounder and investment committee chair of Mithril Capital Management. He was the first outside investor in Facebook, the popular social-networking site, with a 10.2% stake acquired in 2004 for $500,000, and sits on the company's board of directors. Thiel was ranked #293 on the Forbes 400 in 2011, with a net worth of $1.5 billion as of March 2012. Thiel lives in San Francisco, California.
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- Born
- Oct 11, 1967
Frankfurt - Also known as
- Peter Andreas Thiel
- Peter A Thiel
- Peter Theil
- Parents
- Siblings
- Religion
- Christian
- Ethnicity
- German American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Philosophy, Stanford University
( - 1989) - Juris Doctor, Stanford Law School
( - 1992) - San Mateo High School
- Bachelor of Philosophy, Stanford University
- Employment
- Commodity Derivatives Trader, Crédit suisse
(1993 - 1996) - Corporate and Securities Lawyer, Sullivan & Cromwell
- Managing Partner, Founders Fund
(2005 - ) - Co-Founder, PayPal
(1998 - ) - President, Clarium Capital
(2002 - )
- Commodity Derivatives Trader, Crédit suisse
- Lived in
- Foster City
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on July 23, 2013
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