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	IT Conversations: Peter Thiel
		Peter Thiel is Clarium's President and oversees the firm's research, investment, and trading strategies.
		Thiel served as Chairman and CEO of PayPal, Inc., an Internet company he co-founded in December 1998 and that was acquired by eBay Inc. for $1.5 billion in October 2002.
		Thiel is active in a variety of philanthropic and educational pursuits; he sits on the Board of Directors of the Pacific Research Institute and on the Board of Visitors of Stanford Law School.
	www.itconversations.com /shows/detail380.html (387 words)

	reason : Peter Thiel Gives Us All a $6 Million Challenge
		Thiel will donate a total of $500,000 over the next three years to fund pilot research projects intended to deliver early stage validation of the "SENS" approach to combating the debilitation caused by aging.
		Thiel promises to match every Dollar donated to the Methuselah Foundation for SENS research with a 50 cent matching contribution from himself, up to a maximum of $3 Million of matching funds.
		Thiel is well-respected as a shrewd investor in the venture funding and philanthropic communities, and that he stands openly in support of the Methuselah Foundation will open many doors.
	www.betterhumans.com /blogs/reason/archive/2006/09/18/Peter-Thiel-Gives-Us-All-a-_2400_6-Million-Challenge-.aspx (773 words)

	FirstAdopter.com: Peter Thiel on Internet Companies
		Peter Thiel is negative on internet company fundamentals for at last a year.
		Thiel was the CEO and co-founder of PayPal and was bearish at the start this year, which turned out to be correct.
		Thiel is Clarium's President and the Chairman of the firm's Investment Committee, which oversees the firm's research, investment, and trading strategies.
	www.firstadopter.com /fa/archives/000685.html (189 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: Peter Thiel
		Thiel is President of Clarium Capital Management LLC and the Chairman of the firm's Investment Committee, which oversees the firm's research, investment, and trading strategies.
		Thiel is also a former columnist for the Wall Street Journal and a graduate of Stanford University, the home of NSA computer research and CIA mind control projects like MK ULTRA.
		Thiel sits on the board of the radical right-wing Vanguard PAC and he personally donated $21,200 to Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign for governor.
	www.zoominfo.com /PeopleSearch/PersonDetail.asp?PersonID=601167&pc= (785 words)

	The Founders Fund Team Bios
		Peter's experience with venture finance began in the 1990s, when he ran Thiel Capital Management, a Menlo Park-based hedge fund that also made private equity investments.
		Peter's experience in finance includes managing a successful hedge fund, trading derivatives at CS Financial Products, and practicing securities law at Sullivan and Cromwell.
		Peter sits on the Board of Directors of the Pacific Research Institute and on the Board of Visitors of Stanford Law School.
	www.thefoundersfund.com /team_bios.html (408 words)

	The contrarian investor: Peter Thiel - MarketWatch
		Thiel is the former CEO and co-founder of PayPal, which was sold to eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion.
		Thiel says those are the primary reasons to stay away from financial-related and real estate related investments.
		Thiel also sees interest rates going lower (another contrarian view, I might add), oil to rise "a fair bit" from $34 a barrel, and the U.S. dollar to decline further.
	www.marketwatch.com /News/Story/Story.aspx?guid={AA91250E-D95C-470D-8869-41E73F35A19F}&print=true&dist=printBottom (1461 words)

	Advocates for Self-Government - Libertarian Education
		Peter Thiel is co-founder of the online payment company PayPal, which revolutionized how millions of people purchase items online.
		Thiel's devotion to liberty goes back a long way -- all the way to the reading list at San Mateo High School, where he encountered two classic books that changed the way he looked at politics.
		Thiel has continued his writing and lecturing for liberty, in addition to his considerable business duties.
	www.theadvocates.org /celebrities/peter-thiel.html (413 words)

	Singularity Summit - Speakers - Peter Thiel
		Peter Thiel is President of Clarium Capital Management and the Chairman of the firm's Investment Committee, which oversees the firm's research, investment, and trading strategies.
		Before starting Clarium, Thiel served as Chairman and CEO of PayPal, an Internet company he co-founded in December 1998 that was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion in October 2002.
		In addition to managing Clarium, Thiel is active in a variety of philanthropic and educational pursuits, sitting on the Board of Directors of the Pacific Research Institute and the Board of Visitors of Stanford Law School.
	sss.stanford.edu /speakers/thiel (175 words)

	The politics of intolerance and the myth of diversity - David Sacks and Peter Thiel's 'The Diversity Myth' attacks ...
		When Peter A. Thiel, a bright young man from northern California, entered Stanford University in the fall of 1985, he looked forward to the best education a prestigious and justly famous school could offer - a rigorous training in the humanities and in the heritage of Western civilization.
		Thiel and Sacks provide a devastating report from the belly of the beast of multiculturalism and political correctness, or PC.
		Sacks and Thiel place much of the blame on a large and growing administration (which expanded 23 percent in the 1980s) that passionately embraced multiculturalism, and on gung-ho liberal President Donald Kennedy.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n42_v11/ai_17626394 (920 words)

	Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed: Bloomberg Profiles Peter Thiel (of PayPal and Clarium Fame) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Great Bloomberg profile of Peter Thiel, an early investor in PayPal, and manager of a highly successful hedge fund, Clarium Capital.
		Thiel has had a great run, as Bloomberg's writer points out, with more successes before the age of 40 than the average Yale graduating class pulls off over its cumulative career.
		Thiel's alter ego at Clarium is a physicist named Kevin Harrington, who used to do mathematical research for the U.S. Department of Defense.
	paul.kedrosky.com /archives/2006/12/04/bloomberg_profi.html (442 words)

	Peter Thiel - Valleywag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Peter Thiel and Max Levchin, the mo' "real" founders of Paypal, are also still on the page of course.
		One of the perils of being as highly networked, and as weird, as Peter Thiel: an association with unsavory characters.
		Peter Thiel was co-founder of Paypal, the online payments company sold to eBay for $1.5bn in the middle of the downturn.
	www.valleywag.com /tech/peter-thiel (762 words)

	Peter A. Thiel: The Independent Institute
		Peter A. Thiel is a Research Fellow and Member of the Board of Directors at the Independent Institute.
		Thiel graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University, where he received an A.B. in philosophy and a J.D. from the Stanford University School of Law.
		Thiel is also co-author (with David Sacks) of the Independent Institute book, The Diversity Myth: Multiculturalism and Political Intolerance on Campus, and his articles have appeared in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, Stanford Magazine, National Review, Policy Review, Rocky Mountain News, Academic Questions, Washington Times, and San Francisco Chronicle.
	www.independent.org /tii/forums/thiel_bio.html (237 words)

	Peters Salon and European Spa
		ith over 40 years of experience in the world of beauty, Peter Thiel leads a team of highly proficient stylists and chemical technicians.
		Winner and judge of numerous national and international competitions, Peter brings knowledge and skill few can match in today's salon industry.
		Continuing the legacy begun by Peter Thiel, Michael Thiel now leads a team of creative and passionate designers.
	www.peterssalonandspa.com /services.html (186 words)

	Forums - Peter Thiel up 230% with Soros-style fund
		Clarium investors need a stomach for risk, because Thiel has put all their eggs in a few baskets.
		I mean it is nice to back up your conviction, but it is also nice to have a back up plan for blowing up...
		05:59 PM Obviously Peter Thiel is very smart and has been successful in other ventures like paypal, nevertheless it shows up much money is being handed over to people with almost zero experience.
	www.elitetrader.com /vb/showthread.php?threadid=82025 (322 words)

	Accelerating Future » Peter Thiel Gives Methuselah Foundation $3.5M
		Thiel commented “Rapid advances in biological science foretell of a treasure trove of discoveries this century, including dramatically improved health and longevity for all.
		I was fortunate to meet with Aubrey when he was in San Francisco to formally accept Thiel’s gift, talking with reporters and filming a promotional video.
		Peter is a smart man. Its just common sense to want to live a very long time and he has the resources to really help make that dream a reality.
	www.acceleratingfuture.com /michael/blog/?p=182 (880 words)

	Peter Thiel Gives Us All a $6 Million Challenge
		As I'm sure you folk have already noted, the multitalented and quite wealthy Peter Thiel has stepped up to make a difference to the course of serious anti-aging research: Mr.
		We want to see a cure for aging, and meaningful therapies for the root causes of aging rapidly enough to help those reading this now.
		Please note that comments incorporating ad hominem attacks, advertising and other forms of inappropriate behavior are likely to be deleted.
	www.fightaging.org /archives/000975.php (1126 words)

	Help Meet Peter Thiel's $3 Million Matching Grant For SENS Research
		In September 2006, entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel greatly advanced this cause with...
		In September 2006, entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel greatly advanced this cause with a $3 million dollar matching grant for donations to SENS research aimed squarely at the defeat of aging.
		Now your donations will stretch even further: for every $2 you donate to support new SENS research, Peter Thiel will donate an additional $1 from his matching fund.
	www.fightaging.org /archives/000979.php (1098 words)

	Robert Galvin and Peter Thiel on Innovation & Globalization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Robert Galvin and Peter Thiel on Innovation and Globalization
		Reason Public Policy Institute is a public policy think tank promoting choice, competition, and a dynamic market economy as the foundation for human dignity and progress.
		If you don’t think of it in economic or free market terms, if you think of it only in political terms, then you run into nothing but paradoxes.
	www.rppi.org /galvin_thiel.shtml (2352 words)

	From Scratch » Blog Archive » Peter Thiel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The ability to buy and sell products on line was one of the key innovations to emerge from the internet, but how do you convince people who are not used to this so-called “e-commerce” to trust that their money is arriving into the right hands?
		Paypal, founded by Peter Thiel in 1998, is the Western Union of the internet.
		Jessica speaks with Peter Thiel, and we learn how this thirty something chess master, Stanford graduate helped to build a company that has made the internet safe for transacting.
	www.fromscratchradio.com /show/?p=57 (157 words)

	VentureBeat Wire » PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel invests $3.5M to stop aging (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel invests $3.5M to stop aging
		Peter A. Thiel, co-founder and former chief executive officer of online payment site, PayPal, said he is investing $3.5 million “to support scientific research into the alleviation and eventual reversal of the debilities caused by aging.”
		According to the SF Chronicle, he’ll be investing in the Methuselah Foundation, a Springfield, Va., nonprofit started and run by the controversial scientist Aubrey de Grey.
	www.venturebeat.com /wire/2006/09/19/paypal-co-founder-peter-thiel-invests-35m-to-stop-aging (136 words)

	MercuryNews.com \| 05/14/2006 \| Q&A with Peter Thiel: Where will Web 2.0 take Silicon Valley?
		Peter Thiel, former chief executive of PayPal, runs a Menlo Park hedge fund, Clarium Capital.
		Last year, he joined with two other PayPal co-founders to launch a San Francisco venture capital fund called the Founders Fund.
		The firm typically likes to be the first to invest in a company, putting up $1 million or less.
	www.mercurynews.com /mld/mercurynews/business/14577780.htm (854 words)

	LinkedIn: Peter Thiel
		Peter Thiel, Ken Howery, and Luke Nosek - cofounders of PayPal - provide venture capital seed money plus vision strategy, product marketing, and guidance drawn from our diverse background to serious entrepreneurs with big ideas.
		The Founders Fund provides venture capital from the entrepreneurs who made PayPal successful – it specializes in very early stage opportunities.
		See who you and Peter Thiel know in common
	www.linkedin.com /in/peterthiel (321 words)

	NEWSWEEK: PayPal Co-Founder Peter Thiel Skeptical of Multibillion-Dollar Deal; 'Not Clear to Me That There Are Any ...
		NEWSWEEK: PayPal Co-Founder Peter Thiel Skeptical of Multibillion-Dollar Deal; 'Not Clear to Me That There Are Any Synergies at
		NEW YORK, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- "It's not clear to me that there are any synergies at all between eBay and Skype," venture capitalist Peter Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal tells Newsweek on whether eBay's multibillion-dollar bet on the Internet telephone firm will pay off.
		Other observers openly wonder if adding Skype might actually hurt eBay and PayPal, since it would allow sellers to lure buyers off the network to complete a sale in private and avoid eBay's fees, report Silicon Valley Correspondent Brad Stone and European Economics Correspondent Rana Foroohar.
	www.advfn.com /news_NEWSWEEK-PayPal-Co-Founder-Peter-Thiel-Skeptical-of-Multibillion-Dollar-Deal-N_15743144.html (538 words)

	Newsvine - MercuryNews.com \| 05/14/2006 \| Q&A with Peter Thiel: Where will Web 2.0 take Silicon Valley?
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