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Peter Thiel

Co-founder of PayPal.

Wikipedia-confirmed identity. Matched to Wikidata Q705525 ↗ with a Wikipedia article ↗. Checked 2026-10-02.

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Co-founder of PayPal.

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Affiliations retain their dates and sources. Roles may be historical; a missing end date does not establish a current role. Machine classifications need review; a co-mention alone does not establish a relationship.

  1. Peter Thiel→Founders Fund

    Co-founded

    foundedDates not recordedCurated evidence
  2. Peter Thiel→Palantir

    Co-founded

    foundedDates not recordedCurated evidence
  3. Peter Thiel→PayPal

    Co-founded

    foundedFrom 1998 · end not recordedCurated evidence
  4. Peter Thiel→Facebook

    Participated in the $25 million round

    invested inAnnounced 2006-04-19Curated evidence
    Investor role
    Participating investor
    Financing
    Type not specified
    Announced
    Closing status
    Announced
    Round total
    USD 25,000,000

    Source context: The $25 million is the whole financing, not this investor’s check. The company announcement names the lead and participants but does not name a series or financing instrument.

    The round total covers all investors. Individual contributions are recorded separately when disclosed.

    Event reference: funding:facebook:2006-04-19

  5. Peter Thiel→Facebook

    First outside investor

    invested inEvent date not recordedCurated evidence
    Investor role
    Investor role not specified
    Financing
    Type not specified
    Closing status
    Not specified

    Source context: The biography verifies the first outside investment but supplies no date, amount, stage, instrument, or round lead designation.

    No amount recorded in this relationship’s evidence.

    Event reference: funding:facebook:first-outside-investment

  6. Peter Thiel→Founders Fund

    Partner

    partner atDates not recordedCurated evidence
  7. Peter Thiel→OpenAI

    Named launch supporter; part of a collective funding commitment

    pledged supportFrom 2015 · end not recordedCurated evidence
  8. Peter Thiel→Mithril Capital

    Founded

    foundedDates not recordedWikidata statement
  9. Peter Thiel→Palantir

    Founded

    foundedDates not recordedWikidata statement
  10. Peter Thiel→Dialog

    Founded

    foundedDates not recordedWikidata statement
  11. Peter Thiel→Clarium Capital

    Founded

    foundedDates not recordedWikidata statement
  12. Peter Thiel→Founders Fund

    Founded

    foundedDates not recordedWikidata statement
  13. Peter Thiel→Students for Liberty

    Member of

    member ofDates not recordedWikidata statement
  14. Peter Thiel→Stanford University

    Educated at

    educated atDates not recordedWikidata statement
  15. Peter Thiel→Stanford University

    Works or worked for

    employed byDates not recordedWikidata statement
  16. Peter Thiel→San Mateo High School

    Educated at

    educated atDates not recordedWikidata statement
  17. Peter Thiel→Stanford Law School

    Educated at

    educated atDates not recordedWikidata statement
  18. Peter Thiel↔Bret Stephens

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  19. Peter Thiel↔William Shockley

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

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  20. Peter Thiel↔John Glenn

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  21. Peter Thiel↔Sean Spicer

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  22. Peter Thiel↔Strauss Zelnick

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  23. Peter Thiel↔Scott Hassan

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  24. Peter Thiel↔Malcolm Gladwell

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  25. Peter Thiel↔Albert Camus

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  26. Peter Thiel↔Steve Ballmer

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  27. Peter Thiel↔Joe Kraus

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  28. Peter Thiel↔Emmanuel Saez

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  29. Peter Thiel↔Tyler Cowen

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  30. Mustafa Suleyman↔Peter Thiel

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

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  31. Peter Thiel↔Susan Wojcicki

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  32. Peter Thiel↔Curtis Yarvin

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  33. Peter Thiel↔Helen Toner

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  34. Peter Thiel↔Craig Newmark

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  35. Peter Thiel↔Alexander C. Karp

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  36. Bill Hewlett↔Peter Thiel

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

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  37. Peter Thiel↔Christopher Wylie

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  38. Peter Thiel↔Eliezer Yudkowsky

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  39. Peter Thiel↔Robert Metcalfe

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  40. Peter Thiel↔Rob Enderle

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  41. Peter Thiel↔Bobby Seale

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  42. Peter Thiel↔Kevin Warwick

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  43. Peter Thiel↔Mike Schroepfer

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  44. Peter Thiel↔Grover Norquist

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

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  45. Peter Thiel↔Vladimir Putin

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  46. Peter Thiel↔Barry Sternlicht

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  47. Peter Thiel↔Scott McNealy

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  48. Peter Thiel↔Alexander Nix

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  49. Peter Thiel↔Steve Huffman

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  50. Peter Thiel↔George Gamow

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

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