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Peter Thiel

Managing Partner at The Founders Fund

San Francisco, California

Overview

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2006 - Current

    Peter Thiel, Ken Howery, and Luke Nosek - cofounders of PayPal - provide venture capital seed money plus vision strategy, product marketing, and guidance drawn from our diverse background to serious entrepreneurs with big ideas. The Founders Fund provides venture capital from the entrepreneurs who made PayPal successful – it specializes in very early stage opportunities.

  • Member, Board of Directors

    2004

    Facebook is a social networking platform initially launched for high school students, college students, and twenty-somethings, but is now available to all. It produces tremendous loyalty, and has an extremely active community.

  • Investor

    2003

    Linkedin is the leading business network site for all professionals from 25-65. It provides essential tools for recruiting, finding experts, hiring consults, finding clients, and keeping in touch with colleagues and friends.

  • Founder and President

    2002

    -MarHedge Global Macro Fund of the Year (2005) -Absolute Return Global Macro Fund of the Year (2005) Please see our website: http://www.clariumcapital.com

  • Visitor

    2004 - 2004

    Taught a class entitled: “Globalization, Sovereignty & the Law” from 9/2004 to 12/2004

  • CEO, Chairman, Co-Founder

    1998 - 2002

    Co-founded and built largest payments service for individuals and merchants. Enabled entirely new systems of electronic payments for individuals and small businesses. Served over 20 million customers with billions in transactions.

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