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Peter Thiel

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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

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  Peter Thiel added a position as Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO at PayPal. (3/1/00)
  Posted 11/4/11 at 3:11pm
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  Peter Thiel added a position as Board of Directors at Halcyon Molecular. (1/1/10)
  Posted 2/1/11 at 11:38am
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  Peter Thiel added a position as Co-Founder at Confinity. (12/1/98)
  Posted 12/22/09 at 1:39pm
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  Peter Thiel added a position as Advisor at Asana.
  Posted 11/24/09 at 9:55am
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  Peter Thiel added a position as Chairman, Board of Directors at Palantir Technologies.
  Posted 9/4/09 at 10:15am
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  Peter Thiel added a position as Board Of Directors at Facebook.
  Posted 6/29/08 at 8:50pm
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  Peter Thiel added a position as Investor.
  Posted 1/18/08 at 12:25am
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  Peter Thiel added a position as Board of Directors at Powerset.
  Posted 11/2/07 at 5:04am
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  Peter Thiel added a position as Board of Directors at Geni.
  Posted 5/31/07 at 12:49pm
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  Peter Thiel added a position as Partner.
  Posted 5/31/07 at 12:15pm
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  Peter Thiel invested in Quora. (5/14/12)
  Posted 5/14/12 at 5:54pm via techcrunch.com
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  Peter Thiel invested in Legendary Entertainment. (4/4/12)
  Posted 4/5/12 at 7:53pm via finsmes.com
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  Peter Thiel invested in Xero. (2/3/12)
  Posted 2/3/12 at 6:34pm via venturebeat.com
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  Peter Thiel invested in PandoDaily. (1/16/12)
  Posted 1/16/12 at 10:52am via gigaom.com
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  Peter Thiel invested in Art.sy. (11/3/11)
  Posted 11/3/11 at 12:02pm via techcrunch.com
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  Peter Thiel invested in Buddy Media. (9/1/07)
  Posted 9/23/07 at 12:28pm via techcrunch.com

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The 25 Most Influential People on the Web (images.businessweek.com) [edit]
1. Quora Raises $50M At $400M From Peter Thiel, D’Angelo Puts In $20M Of His Own Money (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Legendary Entertainment Raises $275M in Equity and Debt Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
3. Small business accounting service Xero raises $16.6M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
4. Sarah Lacy’s PandoDaily launches with $2.5 million in funding (gigaom.com) [edit]
5. Art.sy Raises $6 Million Series A From Peter Thiel, Thrive Capital, Wendi Murdoch And Dasha Zhukova (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. Peter Thiel, Lerer Ventures And Others Put $600K In BestVendor (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. PETER THIEL ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL CLASS OF 20 UNDER 20 THIEL FELLOWS (thielfoundation.org) [edit]
8. CapLinked Raises $900K From A-Listers To Crush AngelList* (businessinsider.com) [edit]
9. Peter Thiel Invests $3 Million In Xero To Support Its US Expansion (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. Facebook Investor Peter Thiel Backing Another Social Network For College Students, CollegeOnly (businessinsider.com) [edit]
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12. Asana (privco.com) [edit]
13. paidcontent (paidcontent.org) [edit]
14. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
15. dmwmedia.com []
16. venturebeat.com [edit]
17. americanventuremagazine.com [edit]
18. OpTrip, online travel company, raises $500,000 (venturebeat.com) [edit]
19. Acebucks Gets $1.5 Million For Virtual Facebook Currency (techcrunch.com) [edit]
20. Bookmarks Sharing Provider Mogad Secures $500K First Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
21. nytimes.com [edit]
22. Techcrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
23. Cap Funding Report [edit]
24. Rapleaf Secures Venture Capital Funding (rapleaf.com) [edit]
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26. Joyent Raises Institutional Money: Why We Did It (joyent.com) [edit]
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28. IronPort press release (ironport.com) [edit]
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