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Peter Thiel

ピーター・ティール　/　ぴーたー・てぃーる

Financier from Germany

October 11, 1967 (age 58)　・　Frankfurt, Darmstadt Government Region, Germany

Darmstadt Government Region
financier
computer scientist
banker

My Take

Peter Thiel is one of those figures I find impossible to dismiss even when I disagree with him. A Stanford-trained chess player who co-founded PayPal and Palantir and bankrolled Facebook before anyone else, he has spent his career shaping outcomes from behind the curtain rather than chasing the spotlight. What interests me most is his contrarian instinct, the willingness to bet against consensus and be right often enough to matter. He is deeply polarizing, and I think that is the point. Whatever you make of his politics, his way of thinking is not ordinary, and that alone makes him worth understanding rather than caricaturing.

Overview

Peter Andreas Thiel ( ; born 11 October 1967) is a German-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and conservative political activist. A co-founder of PayPal (1998), Palantir Technologies (2003), and Founders Fund (2005), he was also the first outside investor in Facebook (2004).

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Peter Thiel
Name (Japanese): ピーター・ティール
Reading: ぴーたー・てぃーる
Born: October 11, 1967 (age 58)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Goat
Origin: Frankfurt, Darmstadt Government Region, Germany
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: financier / computer scientist / banker / entrepreneur / chess player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: San Mateo High School
University: Stanford University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	The Stanford Review	—

6. Links

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