9 Best Articles in 2021
The New York Times
Peter Thiel, Trump’s Tech Pal, Explains Himself
The New York Times
~15 min read · 171 saves · From 2017 · The Silicon Valley billionaire and scourge of Gawker describes his admiration for the president-elect, who told him, “We’re friends for life.”
Mission.org
The “0 to 1 Trap” and Seven Other things I learned from Peter Thiel
Mission.org
8 min read · 56 saves · From 2017 · Peter Thiel has been around innovation most of his life. He co-founded both PayPal and Palantir, made the first outside investment in…
CNBC
People are 'underestimating' the 'great potential' of bitcoin, billionaire Peter Thiel says
CNBC
6 min read · 68 saves · From 2017 · Peter Thiel said he is "skeptical" of most cryptocurrencies except bitcoin.
Asana
To be successful in business, do this (says Peter Thiel)
Asana
6 min read · 23 saves · From 2015 · Successful entrepreneur and VC Peter Thiel shares powerful business advice from his book Zero to One, and answers questions from the Asana team.
BuzzFeed
Peter Thiel Has Been Hedging His Bet On Donald Trump
BuzzFeed
10 min read · 59 saves · From 2017 · Peter Thiel has said publicly that Trump’s administration is “off to a terrific start.” Privately, he’s told friends that there is a 50% chance the current presidency “ends in disaster.”
BuzzFeed
Peter Thiel Is Exploring The Creation Of A Conservative Cable News Network
BuzzFeed
3 min read · 31 saves · From 2018 · Sources say the billionaire has engaged the wealthy Mercer family about the endeavor. According to a new book, Thiel also explored plans to create a Fox News competitor with the late Roger Ailes.
WIRED
How Can We Make You Happy Today, Peter Thiel?
WIRED
3 min read · 32 saves · From 2016 · What can we say about Peter Thiel? Nothing—except that he's absolutely, totally, thoroughly the best.
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Sifted
Here's where Peter Thiel is investing in Europe
Sifted
3 min read · 2020-12-15 · Peter Thiel, who previously said he thought there were “no successful tech companies in Europe”, has now invested in 40 European startups.
CNBC
Peter Thiel-backed psychedelics start-up targets schizophrenia ahead of IPO
CNBC
1 min read · Jan 15th · Sam Shead · ATAI Life Science, a Peter Thiel-backed start-up, has taken a majority stake in Recognify, a company that is developing drugs to help treat schizophrenia.
Ars Technica
Trump pardons engineer Google accused of stealing secrets for Uber
Ars Technica
1 min read · Jan 20th · Timothy B. Lee · Peter Thiel, Palmer Luckey, and others asked Trump to pardon Levandowski.
The Verge
Trump pardons convicted ex-Google engineer Anthony Levandowski
The Verge
1 min read · 11 saves · Jan 20th · Sam Byford · The pardon was supported by Palmer Luckey and Peter Thiel
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Forbes
Behind Peter Thiel's Plan To Destroy Gawker
Forbes
9 min read · 29 saves · From 2016 · Peter Thiel's war on Gawker goes back longer than previously realized. Here's the untold story of his siege.
blakemasters.com
Peter Thiel’s CS183: Startup
blakemasters.com
20+ min read · 40 saves · From 2015 · Here is an essay version of my class notes from Class 9 of CS183: Startup. Errors and omissions are my own. Credit for good stuff is Peter’s entirely.
Class 9 Notes Essay—If You Build It, Will They...
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First Things
6 min read · 149 saves · 2020-02-11 · When Boeing introduced its flagship 707 jet airliner in 1958, the power to cruise at 977 . . . .
The Wall Street Journal
Tech Luminary Peter Thiel Parts Ways With Silicon Valley
The Wall Street Journal
2 min read · 58 saves · From 2018 · Billionaire investor Peter Thiel is relocating his home and personal investment firms to Los Angeles from San Francisco and scaling back his involvement in the tech industry, people familiar with his…
danwang.co
Why Is Peter Thiel Pessimistic About Technological Innovation?
danwang.co
~12 min read · 13 saves · From 2014 · Collection of Peter Thiel's evidence that we're economically stagnating and no longer living in a technologically-accelerating civilization.
VANITY FAIR
Nick Denton, Peter Thiel, and the Plot to Murder Gawker
VANITY FAIR
20+ min read · 14 saves · From 2016 · Nick Denton, Gawker’s founding rogue, and Peter Thiel, his arch-nemesis, had a more complicated relationship than anyone imagined.
Stratechery
Peter Thiel, Comic Book Hero – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Stratechery
7 min read · 33 saves · From 2016 · What Gawker did to Peter Thiel is inexcusable, but Thiel’s response is threatening to the industry that made him rich in the first place.
The Wall Street Journal
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund Makes Big Bet on Bitcoin
The Wall Street Journal
88 saves · From 2018 · Founders Fund, the venture-capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, has bought large sums of bitcoin that are now worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
TechCrunch
Peter Thiel Is Wrong About Lean Startups
TechCrunch
8 min read · 28 saves · From 2015 · Before I dive into the many ways that Peter Thiel gets the lean methodology as wrong as a glowing review of 50 Shades of Grey, let me say this: He is one incredibly savvy dude. Most of the time,…
