Objective

Peter Thiel is an #entrepreneur, #venture-capitalist, and #author known for his influential role in Silicon Valley. He co-founded PayPal in 2000 alongside Elon Musk, with the company later acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion in 2002. Thiel was the first outside investor in Facebook, purchasing a 10.2% stake for $500,000 in 2004; he sold most of his shares in 2012 for over $1 billion but retained a seat on the board.

He also established several investment firms, including including Clarium Capital, Founders Fund, Valar Ventures, and Mithril Capital. Thiel is active in philanthropy and politics through the Thiel Foundation and Thiel Fellowship., supporting causes such as life extension and seasteading. A conservative-libertarian, he is a vocal critic of large-scale government intervention, high debt levels, and foreign wars. He co-founded The Stanford Review and authored Zero To One, a book outlining startup strategies and contrarian thinking.

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Contexts

• #peter-thiel (this is the Root Memo)

• #billionaire