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Thiel was born in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, on 11 October 1967, to Klaus Friedrich Thiel and his wife Susanne Thiel. [15] [16] The family emigrated to the United States when Peter was one year old and lived in Cleveland, Ohio, where his father worked as a chemical engineer. [17]
Thiel went on to champion the future politician, writing a blurb for Vance's 2016 book "Hillbilly Elegy," hiring Vance to work at his VC firm Mithril Capital, and investing in Vance's own venture ...
Following his stint at Revolution, Vance cofounded his own venture firm, Ohio-based Narya, along with Colin Greenspan—with significant backing from none other than Thiel. This story was ...
Thiel was instrumental in the political rise of Vice President-elect JD Vance, pouring millions of dollars into a super PAC that supported the Ohio senator's 2022 campaign.
Peter Thiel. The firm was organized by Peter Thiel, Ken Howery, and Luke Nosek in early 2005 and raised its first fund of $50 million from individual entrepreneurs and angel investors in January of that year. [6] Sean Parker, co-founder of Napster and ex-president of Facebook, joined in 2006. [6] In 2007, the firm raised a new fund of $220 ...
Peter Thiel's influence in Washington stretches far and wide, from politicians to tech leaders to his own companies' government contracts. Nordin Catic/Getty Images for The Cambridge Union.
It’s a similar story over in Ohio where J.D. Vance is running after a stint working at Thiel's VC firm Mithril Capital. Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) is Vance’s opponent and likes to call him a ...
Palantir Technologies Inc. is an American publicly traded company that specializes in software platforms [3] for big data analytics.Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, it was founded by Peter Thiel, [4] Stephen Cohen, Joe Lonsdale, [5] and Alex Karp in 2003.