a student who found wisdom in Libertarian ideals, and a philosopher who found faith in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Thiel was raised as an Evangelical and inherited the Christianity of his parents. But his
When asked to give his views on longevity research, Thiel remarked that “we could be doing a lot more on the fight against aging,” and that “we should always replace questions about the future with questions about human agency.” In other words, there’s plenty that we do have the ab...
Given Thiel’s obsession with warding off death, it comes as no surprise that the Silicon Valley billionaire is interested in at least one radical way of doing it: injecting himself with a young person’s blood. On Monday,Jeff BercoviciofInc.magazinepublishedpart of a year-old interview with...
Inside the New Right, Where Peter Thiel Is Placing His Biggest Bets They’re not MAGA. They’re not QAnon. Curtis Yarvin and the rising right are crafting a different strain of conservative politics. By James PogueApril 20, 2022 Illustration by Brian Stauffer. It was Halloween in Orl...
Recent high-profile examples of second citizenships include billionaire Peter Thiel (New Zealand) and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt (Cyprus.) The head of private clients at Henley & Partners added“If I’m wealthy, I would like to hedge against levels of volatility and uncertainty. The idea ...
Recent high-profile examples of second citizenships include billionaire Peter Thiel (New Zealand) and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt (Cyprus.) The head of private clients at Henley & Partners added“If I’m wealthy, I would like to hedge against levels of volatility and uncertainty. The idea ...
This is the question that PayPal co-founder,Peter Thielasks his interviewees. From the beginning of the book, this brings us a peek into the billionaire investor’s way of thinking. Peter Thiel’s contrarian way of thinking helped him invest in some of today’s largest internet companies lik...
Two questions: (1) Do you find that entrepreneurs who are in this situation often end up resenting all those overnight “it’s so easy” super-success stories that the business world is so full of, i.e. because they begin to feel not only that it will never happen to them, but it...
Interview Whenever I interview someone for a job, I like to ask this question: "What important truth do very few people agree with you on?" A good answer takes the following form: "Most people believe in x, but the truth is the opposite of x." ...
Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel did not come up with the idea to covertly fund lawsuits against Gawker Media. That credit belongs to an Oxford-educated man whom Thiel's inner circle calls “Mr. A.”