Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel
Thiel speaking in Berlin, March 2014
Born	Peter Andreas Thiel (1967-10-11) October 11, 1967 (age 49) Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany)
Education	B.A. (1989), J.D. (1992)
Alma mater	Stanford University
Occupation	President of Clarium Capital Chairman of Palantir Board member of Facebook Partner in Founders Fund Chairman of Valar Ventures Chair of Mithril Capital Partner in Y Combinator
Net worth	US$2.7 billion (2016)
Political party	Libertarian (Before 2016) Republican (2016–present)

Peter Andreas Thiel (/ˈtiːl/; born October 11, 1967) is a German-American-New Zealand entrepreneur, hedge fund manager, venture capitalist, philanthropist, political activist, and author. Referred to as the "Don of the PayPal Mafia", Thiel was ranked No. 4 on the Forbes Midas List of 2014, with a net worth of $2.2 billion, and No. 246 on the Forbes 400 in 2016, with a net worth of $2.7 billion.

Born in Frankfurt, Thiel moved with his family to the United States as an infant. He spent a portion of his upbringing in Africa before returning to the U.S., where he attended San Mateo High School. He studied philosophy at Stanford University, graduating with a B.A. in 1989. He then went on to the Stanford Law School, and received his J.D. in 1992. After graduation, he worked as a judicial clerk for Judge James Larry Edmondson, a securities lawyer for Sullivan & Cromwell, a speechwriter for former-U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett and as a derivatives trader at Credit Suisse prior to founding Thiel Capital in 1996. He then co-founded PayPal in 1999, and served as chief executive officer until its sale to eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion.