Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Managing Partner
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Founder and Chairman
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Member, Board of Directors
Academic History
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B.A., Philosphy
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J.D.
He is heavily involved in firm strategy and weighs in on its large investments.
Among its investments are Stripe and SpaceX, two of the most valuable unicorns in the world.
The Founders Fund provides venture capital from the entrepreneurs who made PayPal successful – it specializes in very early stage opportunities.
Thiel co-founded and built the largest payments service for individuals and merchants.
He helped enable entirely new systems of electronic payments for individuals and small businesses.
In 2002, he sold Paypal to eBay and founded a global macro fund, Clarium.
CLARIUM CAPITAL
Thiel is the Founder and President of Clarium Capital Management, a global macro hedge fund with offices in San Francisco and New York.
He oversees the firm's research, investment, and trading strategies.
Under his leadership, Clarium was recognized as MarHedge Global Macro Fund of the Year (2005) and Absolute Return Global Macro Fund of the Year (2005).