Peter Thiel is the co founder of PayPal and a well known venture capitalist. Thiel is considered an independent thinker and one of the smartest entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley by many. From investing in Facebook during its early days, to co founding a CIA backed project named Palantir Technologies, Thiel has done a lot of work which may surprise the world. Here are some unknown facts about Peter Thiel.
Unknown facts about Peter Thiel
1) Despite having a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and a law degree from Stanford University, Peter Thiel doesn’t believe in a university education and often encourages youngsters to drop out of college. His foundation often gives funds of $ 100,000 to young entrepreneurs who are willing to drop out of school and work on their business ideas.
2) As an investor, Thiel likes to invest in eccentric projects and once invested a considerable amount in a project which worked on 3D printed meat.
3) Peter Thiel is the only entrepreneur in Silicon Valley who supported Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential Elections.
4) Peter Thiel was also an avid chess player and was given the designation of a master chess player by the United States Chess Federation.
5) Apart from various eccentric projects, Thiel also supports and invested in anti aging research. Thiel is funding various research projects which work toward increasing human healthspan, reversing age related decline and tackling neurodegenerative diseases through his non profit, Breakout Labs.
6) Peter Thiel, along with Elon Musk and Max Levchin, was the executive producer of a satirical black comedy film, Thank You For Smoking (2005.)
7) Peter Thiel believes human activities do not affect the climate. Thiel calls himself a climate skeptic and considers the idea of human activity altering climate to be pseudoscience than actual science.
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