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Peter Thiel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Peter Thiel is an American businessman and entrepreneur widely known as co-founder (with Max Levchin) and former CEO of PayPal, once proposing that PayPal could be a catalyst for change in world politics. From San Mateo, California, Thiel is an avowed Libertarian. ... In 2002, Thiel sold PayPal to eBay for US$1.5 billion. Currently he is the Founder and Managing Member of Clarium Capital Management, LLC, a hedge fund managing over $800 million. ..." |
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| Biography |
| Clarium Capital Management LLC | Management Team: Peter Thiel, President |
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| Peter A.Thiel: The Independent Institute |
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| Research Fellow, Member of the Board of Directors, The Independent Institute |
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Peter Thiel - Friend of Liberty
Advocates for Self-Government |
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Innovators and influencers 2002: Meet Peter Thiel, the 34-year-old chess-loving libertarian CEO of PayPal Inc., by Christopher Huen, Information Week, Dec 2001
"Thiel is motivated by a belief, strengthened by the Sept. 11 attacks, that PayPal can help create a world that supports individual and financial freedom. ... he says ... 'My approach would be to enable people to help themselves, and create the infrastructure to make that happen.'" |
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