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The life and rise of Peter Thiel, the successful and controversial investor who is reportedly leaving Silicon Valley
Tristan Fewings/Getty Images Peter Thiel, one of Silicon Valley’s most successful and controversial venture capitalists, is reportedly leaving the Bay Area. The outspoken libertarian will reportedly relocate his home, personal funds, and his foundation to Los Angeles, according to The Wall Street Journal, and he’s taking his 50-person staff with him. Why Los Angeles? It […]
Silicon Valley made Peter Thiel billions, now he leaves it for LA
Enlarge / Venture capitalist Peter Thiel of the Founders Fund and other technology executives and leaders attend the inaugural meeting of the American Technology Council in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next door to the White House on June 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Peter Thiel, […]
Peter Thiel is reportedly in touch with the Mercer family about launching a conservative cable network
Drew Angerer/Getty Images PayPal billionaire Peter Thiel is looking to develop a conservative cable-news outlet to rival Fox News, BuzzFeed News reports. Thiel had been working on the project with Fox News founder Roger Ailes before Ailes died in May, but has since moved forward with the project, according to the report. Thiel, who sits […]
Before billionaire LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman met Peter Thiel in college, the ‘pinko commie’ had heard of the ‘libertarian wacko’ — now, they’ve been friends for 30 years
Greylock Partners Reid Hoffman and Peter Thiel have been been friends for 30 years and worked together at PayPal. From the day they met at Stanford, they were ideological opposites. The results of their friendship have made them two of the most influential people in Silicon Valley. To a casual observer, the friendship between Reid […]
Before Peter Thiel invested, research on herpes vaccine began in US hotel rooms
(credit: ZaldyImg) The researcher who conducted a controversial 2016 herpes vaccine trial on the island of St. Kitts without federal safety oversight had secretly begun the trial in the US three years earlier. He began them in hotel rooms not far from his academic lab. That’s according to a new investigation by Kaiser Health News. […]
University could lose millions from “unethical” research backed by Peter Thiel
Enlarge / Peter Thiel is serious. (credit: Getty | Alex Wong) Questionable herpes vaccine research backed by tech heavyweight Peter Thiel may have jeopardized $ 15 million in federal research funding to Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. That’s according to documents obtained by a Freedom of Information Act request by The State Journal Register. […]
A startup backed by Peter Thiel has offered $100,000 to women with legal claims against Harvey Weinstein
Peter Thiel-backed startup Legalist is offering a $ 100,000 “bounty” to anyone who comes forward with legal claims against Harvey Weinstein. The company is extending the financial assistance any woman with what it deems a “valid sexual harassment claim” against the disgraced mogul, who has faced waves of allegations of sexual harassment and abuse spanning three decades. The […]
Bucking FDA, Peter Thiel funds “patently unethical” herpes vaccine trial
Enlarge / Entrepreneur Peter Thiel. (credit: Getty | Alex Wong ) Heavyweight tech investor and FDA-critic Peter Thiel is among conservative funders and American researchers backing an offshore herpes vaccine trial that blatantly flouts US safety regulations, according to a Monday report by Kaiser Health News. The vaccine—a live but weakened herpes virus—was first tested in […]
Deutsche Boerse has invested $10 million into a NYC startup backed by Peter Thiel and George Soros
Fred Prouser / Reuters German exchange operator Deutsche Boerse Group has made a $ 10 million investment in Trumid, a New York-based financial technology startup that runs an electronic corporate bond trading platform, the companies announced on Monday. Trumid, which is backed by venture capitalist Peter Thiel and investor George Soros, will collaborate with Deutsche […]
