Peter Thiel
$21.3B
Born
Oct 11, 1967
Age
57
Source of Wealth
Facebook, investments
Residence
Los Angeles, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
1
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Stanford University; Doctor of Jurisprudence, Stanford University
- 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 investments.
- Among its investments are Stripe and SpaceX, two of the most valuable unicorns in the world.
- He also cofounded CIA-backed big data startup Palantir, which went public via a direct listing in 2020.
- Thiel, the first big investor in Facebook, has sold most of his stake in the social network; He left the board in 2022.
- His Thiel Foundation gives a small number of young entrepreneurs $100,000 over two years to skip college and build their own company.
- Thiel moved to Los Angeles from San Francisco in early 2018 after calling Silicon Valley a "one-party state."
- Thiel found himself at the center of controversy after Forbes revealed in May 2016 that he was secretly funding lawsuits in an attempt to destroy Gawker Media.
- Thiel, a Trump delegate in California, was one of the very few outspoken Trump supporters in Silicon Valley; he spoke at the Republican National Convention.
| Exchange | Ticker | Company Name | Number Of Shares | Share Price | Currency Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NASDAQ | ABCL-US | AbCellera Therapeutics | 10,200,000 | 3.80 | USD |
| NASDAQ | CMMB-US | Chemomab Therapeutics | 0 | 1.16 | USD |
| NASDAQ | META-US | Meta Platforms | 0 | 719.01 | USD |
| NASDAQ | PLTR-US | Palantir | 100,335,000 | 134.36 | USD |