Peter Thiel, Co-founder of PayPal
Biography
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is a co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies and Founders Fund. He was ranked No. 4 on the Forbes Midas List of 2014, with a net worth of $2.2 billion, and No. 328 on the Forbes 400 in 2018, with a net worth of $2.5 billion. He is also the President of Clarium Capital, Chairman of Palantir, Board Member of Facebook, and Chair of Mithril Capital. Graduated from Stanford with a BA and JD.
Twitter: @peterthiel
Peter Thiel Bitcoin Quotes
- “I do think Bitcoin is the first [Encrypted money] that has something like change the world” [source]
- “We’ve had sort of this revolutionary original vision of paypal. I gave a talk back in November of ‘99 on strong crypto smartphones, and the end of monetary sovereignty, and how encrypted money was going to change the world. I do think bitcoin is the first one of these that has the potential to do something like that. [source]
- ”Bitcoin is the beginning of something great: a currency without a government, something necessary and imperative. But I am not familiar with the specific product to assert whether it is the best potential setup. And we need a long time to establish confidence” [source]
Involvement with Bitcoin
- Lead Investor to Layer One – A Bitcoin mining company [source]
- Bought $15-20 million worth of Bitcoin through his venture capital firm, Founders Fund [source]
Media Sources
- Coindesk, 2017: Peter Thiel: Bitcoin Is Like A ‘Reserve Form Of Money’ [source]
- Coindesk, 2018: Peter Thiel: Bitcoin Will Be the ‘One Online Equivalent to Gold’ [Source]
- Peter Thiel’s presentation at the 2017 Future Investment Initiative: “Investment Philosophy, Bitcoin and A.I” [source]
- Interview on Fox News, 2017 [source]
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