Peter Thiel
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About
German-born Web entrepreneur who co-founded PayPal and later ran a VC firm in San Francisco called Founders Fund. Some of the companies the firm has invested in include SpaceX, Spotify, and Lyft.
Before fame
He was a nationally ranked junior chess champion.
Trivia
He was one of the first major investors in Facebook, buying a 10 percent stake in 2004 for $500,000. He is a financial backer of OpenAI.
Family life
His family moved from Germany to the U.S. when he was a toddler.
Associated with
He co-founded PayPal with Max Levchin, with whom he co-produced the movie Thank You for Smoking in 2005.
