Peter Thiel
 Peter Thiel        (venture capitalist, financier) | |
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| Born | Peter Andreas Thiel 1967-10-11 Frankfurt am Main, West Germany |
| Citizenship | Germany, United States, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | Stanford University, Stanford Law School |
| Religion | Christian |
| Spouse | Matt Danzeisen |
| Founder of | Palantir Technologies, PayPal |
| Member of | Bilderberg/Steering committee |
| Interests | • Life extension • Technology |
| Party | Libertarian Party |
Billion financier, Bilderberger | |
Peter Thiel is a billionaire member of the Bilderberg Steering Committee whom Sam Biddle described for The Intercept in 2017 as "one of the American political mainstream’s most notorious figures".[1] His first Bilderberg was in 2008 and he has attended all subsequent meetings.
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Career
He has worked for Sullivan & Cromwell. In 1998 Thiel co-founded PayPal together with Max Levchin. He sold it in 2004. He founded Palantir with Alex Karp and Joe Lonsdale in 2004, a company which at least by 2008 was collaborating with GCHQ.[1]
Citizenship
Born in Germany, he was granted New Zealand citizenship in 2011, after a donation of NZ$1 million ($730,000) to the Christchurch earthquake relief effort, although only having visited 4 times.[2]
Politics
“I believe that it is always important to exchange views with people, no matter what their perspectives are. I think we have a lot of problems in our society and we need to be finding ways to talk to people. We need to find ways to talk to people where not everything is completely transparent. Libertarianism is not synonymous with radical transparency. That’s often an argument that Stasi would make in East Germany, when everything had to be monitored by society. And I think you have the best conversations in smaller groups where not everything is being monitored. That’s how you can have very honest conversations and you can think better about the future.”
Peter Thiel (2016) [3]
Thiel describes himself as a "libertarian", has opposed women's suffrage[4] and has been a huge supporter of Ron Paul.[5] He has invested in online media such as Reddit.
Interests
Thiel has been funding private research into a range of topics, from helping to extend the human lifespan[6] to the harnessing of fusion power.[7]
Activities
Tom Scocca wrote in 2016 about the shuttering of Gawker that "a lie with a billion dollars behind it is stronger than the truth. Peter Thiel has shut down Gawker.com."[8]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2008 | 5 June 2008 | 8 June 2008 | US Virginia Chantilly | |
| Bilderberg/2009 | 14 May 2009 | 17 May 2009 | Greece Vouliagmeni | |
| Bilderberg/2010 | 3 June 2010 | 6 June 2010 | Spain Hotel Dolce Sitges Barcelona | |
| Bilderberg/2011 | 9 June 2011 | 12 June 2011 | Switzerland Hotel Suvretta St. Moritz | |
| Bilderberg/2012 | 31 May 2012 | 3 June 2012 | US Virginia Chantilly | |
| Bilderberg/2013 | 6 June 2013 | 9 June 2013 | Watford UK | The 2013 Bilderberg group meeting. |
| Bilderberg/2014 | 29 May 2014 | 1 June 2014 | Denmark Copenhagen Marriott Hotel | |
| Bilderberg/2015 | 11 June 2015 | 14 June 2015 | Austria Telfs-Buchen | |
| Bilderberg/2016 | 9 June 2016 | 12 June 2016 | Germany Dresden | Details of agenda and participants in the 2016 Bilderberg group meeting in Dresden, Germany with an introduction by Tony Gosling |
| Bilderberg/2017 | 1 June 2017 | 4 June 2017 | US Virginia Chantilly | The 65th Bilderberg Meeting |
| Bilderberg/2018 | 7 June 2018 | 10 June 2018 | Italy Turin Hotel Torino Lingotto Congress | The 66th Bilderberg Meeting, in Turin, Italy, known for months in advance after an unprecedented leak by the Serbian government. |
| Bilderberg/2019 | 30 May 2019 | 2 June 2019 | Switzerland Montreux Hotel Montreux Palace | The 67th Bilderberg Meeting |
References
- ↑ a b https://theintercept.com/2017/02/22/how-peter-thiels-palantir-helped-the-nsa-spy-on-the-whole-world/
- ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-01/billionaire-peter-thiel-sparks-new-zealand-passport-for-sale-row
- ↑ https://www.inverse.com/article/25317-peter-thiel-bilderberg-group-donald-trump-new-world-order-conspiracy
- ↑ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/22/1093450/-Facebook-Billionaire-Peter-Thiel-It-sucks-that-women-have-the-vote
- ↑ http://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/peter-thiel/education-libertarian
- ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/04/04/tech-titans-latest-project-defy-death/
- ↑ http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160428-the-secretive-billionaire-backed-plans-to-harness-fusion
- ↑ http://gawker.com/gawker-was-murdered-by-gaslight-1785456581
