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Peter Thiel

Peter is Clarium Capital’s President and the Chairman of the firm’s investment committee, which oversees the firm’s research, investment, and trading strategies. He is also a managing partner at The Founders Fund. Before starting Clarium, Peter served as Chairman and CEO of PayPal, an Internet company he co-founded in December 1998 and was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion in October 2002. Prior to founding PayPal, Peter ran Thiel Capital Management , the predecessor to Clarium, which started with $1 million under management in 1996.

Peter began his financial career as a derivatives trader at CS Financial Products, after practicing securities law at Sullivan & Cromwell. In addition to managing Clarium, Peter is active in a variety of philanthropic and educational pursuits; he sits on the Board of Directors of the Pacific Research Institute and on the Board of Visitors of Stanford Law School. Peter received a BA in Philosophy from Stanford University and a JD from Stanford Law School.

Milestones

  • Peter Thiel — Named one of Time Magazine's top 25 most influential people on the web (2008) (9/30/08)
    Posted 10/1/08 at 11:12am
  • Invested in Adroll (Semantic Sugar, Inc.). (9/16/08)
    Posted 9/16/08 at 12:16pm
  • Invested in Labmeeting. (5/08)
    Posted 7/30/08 at 8:42am
  • Invested in Zynga. (1/1/08)
    Posted 1/18/08 at 12:23am
  • Invested in Hooja. (12/1/07)
    Posted 12/31/07 at 5:29am
  • Invested in Clickable. (11/1/07)
    Posted 11/20/07 at 3:11am
  • Invested in OpTrip. (9/1/07)
    Posted 12/3/07 at 3:05am
  • Invested in Mogad. (8/1/07)
    Posted 1/11/08 at 12:33am
  • Invested in Big Think. (6/1/07)
    Posted 1/8/08 at 12:44am
  • Invested in Redux. (3/1/07)
    Posted 2/21/08 at 7:21am
  • Invested in FlickIM. (3/1/07)
    Posted 7/16/07 at 9:26pm
  • Invested in Badongo.com. (2006)
    Posted 3/11/09 at 3:17pm
  • Invested in Facebook. (9/1/04)
    Posted 5/26/07 at 10:08pm
  • Invested in YouNoodle. (3/6/03)
    Posted 2/18/08 at 7:25pm
  • Invested in PayPal. (1/99)
    Posted 5/13/08 at 12:13am
  • Added position as Investor at Buddy Media.
    Posted 9/23/07 at 12:30pm
  • Added position as Managing Partner at Badongo.com.
    Posted 5/31/07 at 12:15pm
  • Invested in Rapleaf.
    Posted 12/2/08 at 7:26pm
  • Added position as Board at Geni.
    Posted 5/31/07 at 12:49pm
  • Added position as Board of Directors at Powerset.
    Posted 11/2/07 at 5:04am
  • Added position as Investor at OpTrip.
    Posted 12/3/07 at 3:05am
  • Added position as Investor at OpTrip.
    Posted 1/18/08 at 12:25am
  • Added position as Board Of Directors at Facebook.
    Posted 6/29/08 at 8:50pm
  • Added position as Buildaburger at Facebook.
    Posted 6/2/09 at 5:16pm
  • Added position as Chairman of the Board at Palantir Technologies.
    Posted 9/4/09 at 10:15am

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Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Adroll (Semantic Sugar, Inc.) 9/08Series A$4M9
Labmeeting 5/08Seed$500k2
Zynga 1/08Series A$10M10
Hooja 12/07Seed$1.25M4
Clickable 11/07Series A$3M4
OpTrip 9/07Seed$500k2
Mogad 8/07Series A$500k4
Big Think 6/07Seed5
Redux 3/07Seed$1.65M2
FlickIM 3/07Series A$1.6M2
Badongo.com 2006Series A15
Facebook 9/04Angel$500k2
YouNoodle 3/03Series A$20k3
PayPal 1/99Series A2
Rapleaf Angel2

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