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 ...

Billionaire Peter Thiel, who has no formal position in the Trump Administration, has multiple affiliations with organizations that aim to reform the government. Thiel’s connections, which ...

Just ask Peter Thiel. 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.

After Gawker outed him in 2007, Thiel became more public about his extremist politics. No longer even nominally a libertarian, he now adhered to more of an Objectivist philosophy.

He joined Thiel’s Clarium Capital in 2008, and in 2010, co-founded the Thiel Fellowship. Trump picked him to serve as deputy secretary at HHS, the No. 2 position in the agency.

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.