Background
Thiel, Peter Andreas was born in 1967 in Frankfurt, Germany. Son of Klaus and Susanne Thiel.
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Peter Andreas Thiel
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Bachelor in Philosophy, Stanford University, California, 1989. Juris Doctor, Stanford Law School, 1992.
Career
Law clerk to judge J.L. Edmondson United States Court Appeals (11th circuit). Securities law attorney Sullivan & Cromwell. Derivatives trader Christian Science Finance Products.
Founder, head Thiel Capital Management LLC, 1996. Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Confinity, Inc. Co-founder, chairman, Chief Executive Officer PayPal, Inc., 1998—2002.
Founder, president, chairman investment committee Clarium Capital Management, LLC, since 2003. Managing Partner The Founders Fund, since 2005. Board directors Facebook, Inc., since 2004, Powerset, Inc., since 2006, Pacific Research Institute, Udorse, Inc., XOOM, Inc., The Indiana Institute.
Chairman board directors PropertyView Solutions, Inc. Member science advisory board Epoch Innovations, Inc. Member investment committee fbFund, L.P.
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Board visitors Stanford Law School. Board directors Hoover Institute, Stanford.
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Liberterian