Peter Thiel and his friends feel they no longer belong to our species. Ad Policy Peter Thiel speaks at The Cambridge Union on May 8, 2024, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.(Nordin Catic / Getty Images ...

A Thiel protégé who worked at Thiel’s former hedge fund Clarium Capital is now director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, responsible for overseeing Trump’s tech policy agenda.

Peter Thiel hesitated when asked if he thinks the human race should survive. The question came up during the Interesting Times with Ross Douthat podcast, when the pair discussed AI.

Thiel: But I share your intuition because I think we’ve had a lot of smart people and things have been stuck for other reasons. And so maybe the problems are unsolvable, which is the pessimistic ...

Palmer Luckey is launching a new digital bank with backing from Peter Thiel. Erebor takes its name from The Lord of the Rings. It’s the latest in several businesses associated with the two that ...

According to ProPublica reporting sourced from IRS records, between 1999 and 2021 Thiel grew his Roth IRA from $2,000 to more than $5 billion. This is significantly more than the average household ...

But the back-and-forth between Thiel and Gawker started almost a decade ago. 2007 Gawker-owned site Valleywag publishes a report on Thiel's personal life titled, " Peter Thiel is totally gay, people." ...

Peter likes exploring clever ideas and wisdom, and loves to win. JOE LONSDALE, HOST: That's interesting. I want to pivot to macro for a little bit. We're a few months into the new administration.

Peter Thiel calls for a major reset in US-China economic ties, citing China's significant role in trade deficit. He also highlights the strategic risks often overlooked in economic discussions.

PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel plans on founding an independent island nation. Aug. 25, 2011— -- intro: "The future is limitless," said Peter Thiel , the PayPal co-founder, hedge fund manager ...

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