Peter Thiel
PayPal co-founder, Palantir co-founder and investor whose politics shape parts of the tech right
Co-founded PayPal and Palantir, was Facebook's first outside investor, and runs Founders Fund. His book Zero to One is widely read in startup circles, and his fellowship pays young people to skip or leave college. He funds political candidates and writers, which is why his name turns up in arguments about technology and democracy as often as in arguments about business.
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