Peter Thiel

Current

• Managing Partner at The Founders Fund
• Member, Board of Directors at Facebook
• Investor at LinkedIn

• Founder and President at Clarium Capital Management, LLC

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Past

• Visitor at Stanford Law School
• CEO, Chairman, Co-Founder at PayPal

Education

• Stanford University
• Stanford University

Recommended

4 people have recommended Peter

Connections

120 connections

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Websites

• Clarium Capital
• The Founders Fund

Peter Thiel’s Summary

Professional expertise: Private Equity, Macro-Finance, Venture Capital, Entrepreneur, Executive Management

Peter Thiel’s Experience

• Managing Partner

  The Founders Fund

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  March 2006 — Present (2 years 3 months)

  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

  Facebook

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  September 2004 — Present (3 years 9 months)

  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

  LinkedIn

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  September 2003 — Present (4 years 9 months)

  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

  Clarium Capital Management, LLC

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Investment Management industry)

  October 2002 — Present (5 years 8 months)

  -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

  Stanford Law School

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 2004 — December 2004 (4 months)

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

• CEO, Chairman, Co-Founder

  PayPal

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; PYPL; Internet industry)

  December 1998 — October 2002 (3 years 11 months)

  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.

Peter Thiel’s Education

• Stanford University

  J.D., 1992

• Stanford University

  B.A., Philosophy, 1985 — 1989

  Activities and Societies:

  Stanford Review, Stanford Chess Club

Additional Information

Peter Thiel’s Websites:

• Clarium Capital
• The Founders Fund

Peter Thiel’s Interests:

Methuselah, Singularity Summit, Pacific Research Institute, Producer Thank You for Smoking

Peter Thiel’s Groups:

•    The Stanford Review member
•    Weekend to be Named Later member

Peter Thiel’s Honors:

Herman Lay Award for Entrepreneurship
MarHedge – Global Macro Fund of the Year (2005)
Absolute Return – Global Macro Fund of the Year (2005)

Peter Thiel’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch