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== Investments == | == Investments == | ||
* [[Facebook]], first outside investor, board of directors | * [[Facebook]], first outside investor, board of directors. However, [https://cointelegraph.com/news/marc-andreessen-may-step-down-from-meta-board-due-to-crypto-empire-reports may be] stepping away from the board (4-2022). | ||
* [[1confirmation]]; is one of [https://www.1confirmation.com/about its backers] (9-3-2020). | * [[1confirmation]]; is one of [https://www.1confirmation.com/about its backers] (9-3-2020). | ||
* Valar Ventures; owner, [https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-lender-blockfi-raises-30m-in-series-b-led-by-peter-thiels-valar-ventures invested] (13-2-2020) in [[BlockFi]]. | * Valar Ventures; owner, [https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-lender-blockfi-raises-30m-in-series-b-led-by-peter-thiels-valar-ventures invested] (13-2-2020) in [[BlockFi]]. | ||
* Lead a new investment round in [[Block.one]] | * Lead a new investment round in [[Block.one]] | ||
[[Category:People]] | [[Category:People]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:26, 11 April 2022
Bio
Occupations
- PayPal, co-founder
- Palantir, co-founder, chairman. A data-mining and analysis tool used by the NSA, FBI, CIA and other intelligence, counterterrorism and military agencies—developed from PayPal’s own fraud-detection algorithm. In-Q-Tel was one of the first outside investors in the Palantir technology, which has gained notoriety in recent years for “using War on Terror tools to track American citizens.”
- Clarium Capital, president, a global macro hedge fund with $700 million in assets
- Created Thiel Fellowship
- Layer1, a mining startup backed by Peter Thiel
- Founders Fund; founder (18-10-2020).
Investments
- Facebook, first outside investor, board of directors. However, may be stepping away from the board (4-2022).
- 1confirmation; is one of its backers (9-3-2020).
- Valar Ventures; owner, invested (13-2-2020) in BlockFi.
- Lead a new investment round in Block.one
