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Wikipedia biography of Peter Thiel, a prominent technology entrepreneur and investor whose views on AI, existential risk, and technological progress have influenced Silicon Valley discourse and funding decisions relevant to AI safety.
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# Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
For the German Olympic skier, see [Peter Thiel (cross-country skier)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel_(cross-country_skier) "Peter Thiel (cross-country skier)"). For the Danish philosopher, author and publisher, see [Peter Thielst](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thielst "Peter Thielst").
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| [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_Thiel_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg)<br>Thiel in 2022 |
| Born | Peter Andreas Thiel<br> (1967-10-11) 11 October 1967 (age58)<br>[Frankfurt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt "Frankfurt"), West Germany |
| Citizenship | - Germany<br>- United States<br>- New Zealand |
| Education | [Stanford University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University "Stanford University") ( [BA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts "Bachelor of Arts"), [JD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Doctor "Juris Doctor")) |
| Occupations | - Businessman<br>- entrepreneur<br>- [venture capitalist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capitalist "Venture capitalist") |
| Title | - President of [Clarium Capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarium_Capital "Clarium Capital")<br>- Chairman of [Palantir](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir_Technologies "Palantir Technologies")<br>- Partner in [Founders Fund](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founders_Fund "Founders Fund")<br>- President of [Thiel Capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiel_Capital "Thiel Capital")<br>- Chairman of [Valar Ventures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valar_Ventures "Valar Ventures")<br>- Chair of [Mithril Capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithril_Capital "Mithril Capital") |
| Political party | [Republican](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States) "Republican Party (United States)") |
| Spouse | [Matt Danzeisen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Danzeisen "Matt Danzeisen")<br><br>(m.2017) |
**Peter Andreas Thiel** ([/tiːl/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English "Help:IPA/English")[Play audio](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4b/En-us-Thiel.ogg/En-us-Thiel.ogg.mp3 "Play audio")[ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:En-us-Thiel.ogg "File:En-us-Thiel.ogg"); born 11 October 1967) is a German and American[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-GAHF-1)[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-2)[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-3)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-4) entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-:4-5)[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-6)[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-7) A co-founder of [PayPal](https://en.wikipedia.o
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