Peter Thiel

Entrepreneur; co-founder of PayPal, Palantir and Founders Fund^[1]

59 years old

Peter Andreas Thiel is an entrepreneur and investor who co-founded PayPal, Palantir Technologies and Founders Fund. He studied philosophy at Stanford and earned a JD from Stanford Law School. After early legal and financial work, he helped build PayPal and led it as chief executive before its 2002 sale to eBay. Thiel made an early outside investment in Facebook, co-founded Palantir and became a partner at Founders Fund. His public work also includes the Thiel Fellowship, the Thiel Foundation and the book Zero to One, written with Blake Masters. His investment firms, philanthropic initiatives and political activity are distinct parts of his career.

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Born: October 11, 1967

Life phases1

One octagon for each phase of the life of Peter Thiel. Each of the eight axes is scored 0 to 5 against a written rubric from documented evidence, with its source; an axis without evidence is a gap, not a zero. There is no total and no ideal shape: it is a profile, not a ranking. Appearance and personality are not axes, because they cannot be scored from evidence.

OverviewCareer overview reviewed October 25, 2026. Historical roles and dated income/poll readings are identified per axis; this is not a statement that former roles continue today.

No total and no ideal shape: a longer spoke means more of that axis, so a long Misconduct spoke is more documented misconduct.

Scores, rubric and sources

01Education4 of 5: High confidenceHighest completed qualification: JD, Stanford Law School, 1992. Professional/master’s degrees score 4; research doctorates 5; bachelor’s degrees 3.^[5]Highest attainment by then: 1 secondary school, 2 some college, 3 bachelor's degree, 4 master's or professional degree, 5 doctorate.
02WealthNo evidence: Net worth or income against the national thresholds of the time: 1 below the median household, 3 top 5%, 5 top 0.1%.
03Position5 of 5: High confidenceCofounded PayPal, led it as CEO and took it public; cofounded Palantir Technologies and serves as chairman, according to Founders Fund. These are top corporate leadership roles at major technology institutions, meeting the rubric’s 5 anchor. This assesses scope of authority, not investment success or social benefit.^[2]Scope of the role held: 1 entry level, 3 senior manager or legislator, 5 head of state or government, or the top role of a major institution.
04Public standing1 of 5: Medium confidenceNavigator/Global Strategy Group national survey, June 4–8, 2026: 8% favorable, 23% unfavorable, 22% don’t know and 46% never heard of Thiel (rounded percentages). Overall favorability below 20% maps to 1 under the displayed rubric. This is favorability, not job approval, and includes respondents unfamiliar with him. Single dated survey; 1,000 base interviews plus oversamples (1,383 total); base margin ±3.1 points.^[4]Public approval or favourability where it was measured: 1 under 20%, 3 35 to 50%, 5 over 65%.
05HealthNo evidence: Documented health where an examination or disclosure exists: 5 no documented concern, 1 a serious documented condition.
06MisconductNo evidence: The documented legal and ethics record within the phase, as in the misconduct meter: 0 none documented, 1 only matters resolved in their favour, 2 an open matter, 3 one finding, 4 two or three, 5 four or more. More is more documented misconduct.
07Social goodNo evidence: Assessed effects of what they did in the phase on health, safety, education, rights and the environment, from official statistics or peer-reviewed evidence: 0 clearly harmful, 2.5 mixed, 5 clearly beneficial.
08Economic goodNo evidence: Assessed effects of what they did in the phase on efficiency, growth and fiscal sustainability, from CBO and peer-reviewed evidence, as in the good-for-society reading: 0 clearly harmful, 2.5 mixed, 5 clearly beneficial.

Personal holdings & P&L

Latest published holdings, with their source dates. Positions may have changed. Transaction disclosures alone do not establish remaining shares or cost basis.

Health, weight and religion appear only where the person, their physician or a reputable outlet has published them; each links to its source.

Peter Thiel

Entrepreneur; co-founder of PayPal, Palantir and Founders Fund^[1]

59 years old

Life phases1

Peter Thiel — PLTR reported personal ownership · as of Mar 2, 2026
Security	Allocation	Shares	Unrealized P&L
PLTRPalantir Technologies Inc. — Class A Common Stock	Not disclosed	13,733,625	Not disclosed

Published	Personal trading disclosures	Realized P&L
Mar 4, 2026Traded: Mar 2, 2026	PLTR — Sale Palantir Technologies Inc.: Sale (SEC code S), 50,026 Class A Common Stock shares. Reported price: $140.9739 per share; read filing footnotes for weighted-average pricing and conditions. Held through STS Holdings II LLC; the filing identifies Thiel as its sole beneficial owner. Acquisition lot costs and realized P&L are not established by this filing.	Not disclosed
Mar 4, 2026Traded: Mar 2, 2026	PLTR — Sale Palantir Technologies Inc.: Sale (SEC code S), 46,722 Class A Common Stock shares. Reported price: $142.2131 per share; read filing footnotes for weighted-average pricing and conditions. Held through STS Holdings II LLC; the filing identifies Thiel as its sole beneficial owner. Acquisition lot costs and realized P&L are not established by this filing.	Not disclosed
Mar 4, 2026Traded: Mar 2, 2026	PLTR — Sale Palantir Technologies Inc.: Sale (SEC code S), 222,837 Class A Common Stock shares. Reported price: $143.2751 per share; read filing footnotes for weighted-average pricing and conditions. Held through STS Holdings II LLC; the filing identifies Thiel as its sole beneficial owner. Acquisition lot costs and realized P&L are not established by this filing.	Not disclosed
Mar 4, 2026Traded: Mar 2, 2026	PLTR — Sale Palantir Technologies Inc.: Sale (SEC code S), 419,113 Class A Common Stock shares. Reported price: $144.1774 per share; read filing footnotes for weighted-average pricing and conditions. Held through STS Holdings II LLC; the filing identifies Thiel as its sole beneficial owner. Acquisition lot costs and realized P&L are not established by this filing.	Not disclosed
Mar 4, 2026Traded: Mar 2, 2026	PLTR — Sale Palantir Technologies Inc.: Sale (SEC code S), 721,136 Class A Common Stock shares. Reported price: $145.1654 per share; read filing footnotes for weighted-average pricing and conditions. Held through STS Holdings II LLC; the filing identifies Thiel as its sole beneficial owner. Acquisition lot costs and realized P&L are not established by this filing.	Not disclosed
Mar 4, 2026Traded: Mar 2, 2026	PLTR — Sale Palantir Technologies Inc.: Sale (SEC code S), 488,783 Class A Common Stock shares. Reported price: $146.1385 per share; read filing footnotes for weighted-average pricing and conditions. Held through STS Holdings II LLC; the filing identifies Thiel as its sole beneficial owner. Acquisition lot costs and realized P&L are not established by this filing.	Not disclosed
Mar 4, 2026Traded: Mar 2, 2026	PLTR — Sale Palantir Technologies Inc.: Sale (SEC code S), 51,383 Class A Common Stock shares. Reported price: $146.8003 per share; read filing footnotes for weighted-average pricing and conditions. Held through STS Holdings II LLC; the filing identifies Thiel as its sole beneficial owner. Acquisition lot costs and realized P&L are not established by this filing.	Not disclosed

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