What is Peter Thiel?
{{Infobox person | name = Peter Thiel | image = Peter Thiel 2014 by Heisenberg Media.jpg | alt = Man in his 40s with short, dark hair wearing a shirt and blazer | caption = Thiel in 2014 | birth_name = Peter Andreas Thiel | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|10|11}} | birth_place = [[Frankfurt]], [[West Germany]] | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = {{plainlist| *Germany (1967–1978) *United States (1978–present) *New Zealand (2011–present)}} | education = [[Stanford University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]]) | occupation = {{plainlist| *President of [[Clarium Capital]] *Chairman of [[Palantir Technologies|Palantir]] *Board member of [[Facebook]] *Partner in [[Founders Fund]] *Chairman of [[Valar Ventures]] *Chair of Mithril Capital}} | net_worth = {{nowrap|[[US$]]2.5 billion (2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/peter-thiel/|title=Peter Thiel|website =Forbes|author =Staff writer(s)|date =March 27, 2019}}</ref>}} | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]<ref name=DW>{{Cite news|url=https://www.weltwoche.ch/ausgaben/2018-29/artikel/en-hypnotische-massenphanomene-die-weltwoche-ausgabe-29-2018.html|title=Interview of the Week: Peter Thiel|last=Schwab|first=Florian|date=|work=Die Weltwoche|access-date=July 23, 2018|archive-date=July 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724001522/https://www.weltwoche.ch/ausgaben/2018-29/artikel/en-hypnotische-massenphanomene-die-weltwoche-ausgabe-29-2018.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> | spouse = {{married|Matt Danzeisen|October 2017}} }} '''Peter Andreas Thiel''' (teel; born October 11, 1967) is an American entrepreneur. He helped create [[PayPal]], [[Palantir Technologies]] and Founders Fund. In 2018, he supposedly had $2.5 billion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/emii45hfff/peter-thiel-2/|title=Midas List 2014: The Billionaires|last=St