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  1. Friends no more as lawsuit builds
    The Age logo The Age 4 hours ago

    The lawsuit, filed in New York, names Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder, as a defendant, as well as top Silicon Valley investors Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen, and Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Barclays Capital. It comes as US regulators announced... Full Article at The Age

  2. Berger & Montague, P.C. Sues Facebook
    PR Newswire logo PR Newswire 6 hours ago

    The case is Goldrich Cousins P.C. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Facebook, Inc. , Mark Zuckerberg, David A. Ebersman, David M. Spillane, Marc L. Andreesen, Erskine B. Bowles, James W.... Full Article at PR Newswire

  3. Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago
    WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 03: The Weekly Standard Editor William Kristol (L) leads a discussion on PayPal co-founder and former CEO Peter Thiel's National Review article, 'The End of the Future,' at the National Press Club October 3, 2011 in...

    WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 03: The Weekly Standard Editor William Kristol (L) leads a discussion on PayPal co-founder and former CEO Peter Thiel's National Review article, 'The End of the Future,' at the National Press Club October 3, 2011 in... View Photo »

  4. It may be a good thing for society. It’s good if you like eating in restaurants. It’s not a good thing if you’re in the business of starting a restaurant
    – Peter Thiel SOURCE: The Next Web 1 month ago
  5. Don't crucify Facebook's CFO -- yet
    Fortune 6 hours ago

    More shares being traded could help reduce volatility in the days following an IPO. But the additional shares were not sold by Facebook. Rather they were sold by early investors, a group that includes Peter Thiel, Accel Partners and Greylock Partners,... Full Article at Fortune

  6. Silicon Valley’s data gurus lure Defense customers
    The Washington Post logo The Washington Post 6 hours ago

    “You can already search for documents, navigate the Web. But the next frontier is to turn all this into predictive signals that can be turned into intelligence,” said Christopher Ahlberg, founder of Recorded Future. Quid, founded by Oxford physicists... Full Article at The Washington Post

  7. Facebook IPO: Morgan Stanley to reimburse investors ripped off by trades
    Daily Mail - UK logo Daily Mail - UK 7 hours ago
    Decline: The Facebook stock closed up $1 on Wednesday at $32, still down nearly 16 per cent from the IPO price

    He wrote Zuckerberg a cheque for $500,000 in 2004 but has offloaded 16.8 million shares for the tidy profit of $633 million. Among the others to cash out was Mark Pincus, the chief executive of online gaming company Zynga. Big returns: Peter Thiel... Full Article at Daily Mail - UK

  8. Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago
    WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 03: PayPal co-founder and former CEO Peter Thiel speaks about his National Review article, 'The End of the Future,' during a discussion sponsored by e21, a conservative think tank, and the Manhattan Institute at the National...

    WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 03: PayPal co-founder and former CEO Peter Thiel speaks about his National Review article, 'The End of the Future,' during a discussion sponsored by e21, a conservative think tank, and the Manhattan Institute at the National... View Photo »

  9. Imagine if Facebook initial investors, such as Peter Thiel, were able to use Roth IRA funds to make their investments
    SOURCE: PRWeb 2 weeks ago
  10. Peter Thiel: PayPal's gay Republican founder; Pays $100k if you drop out of college
    YouTube Logo YouTube Videos 12 months ago
  11. Why Startups Need to Control Their Own Destinies
    Mashable logo Mashable 23 hours ago

    Fusion , an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) company, is leading the way. In addition to replacing paper charts, its free, web-based product helps doctors with everything from appointment scheduling to prescription management. With major VC backing and... Full Article at Mashable

  12. Most Aggressive IPO Insiders Selling Facebook Were Tiger, Thiel, Goldman Sachs and Accel
    PE Hub logo PE Hub 23 hours ago

    The firm increased the number of shares it contributed 28% in the two weeks leading up to the debut, according to a May 16 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. But Tiger Global Management increased its allotment 596%. And early investor... Full Article at PE Hub

  13. Facebook IPO: Mark Zuckerberg cashed in $1.13bn worth of his personal shares BEFORE stock cratered
    Daily Mail - UK logo Daily Mail - UK 23 hours ago
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    Zuckerberg’s plans to sell were revealed in documents filed in advance of the IPO on Friday, but the problems that have happened since cast them in a new light. Venture capitalist Peter Thiel also announced his plans early too but his return was beyond... Full Article at Daily Mail - UK

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  1. WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 03: The Weekly Standard Editor William Kristol (L) leads a discussion on PayPal co-founder and former CEO Peter Thiel's National Review article, 'The End of the Future,' at the National Press Club October 3, 2011 in Washington, DC. Kristol is on the advisory...
  2. WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 03: PayPal co-founder and former CEO Peter Thiel speaks about his National Review article, 'The End of the Future,' during a discussion sponsored by e21, a conservative think tank, and the Manhattan Institute at the National Press Club October 3, 2011 in...
  3. SAN FRANCISCO, CA - SEPTEMBER 12: (L-R) Founders Fund's Max Levchin, Founders Fund Managing Partner Peter Thiel and TechCrunch Co-Editor Erick Schonfeld speak onstage at Day 1 of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2011 held at the San Francisco Design Center Concourse on September 12, 2011 in San Francisco,...
  4. SAN FRANCISCO, CA - SEPTEMBER 12: Founders Fund Managing Partner Peter Thiel (L) speaks onstage at Day 1 of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2011 held at the San Francisco Design Center Concourse on September 12, 2011 in San Francisco, California.

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Peter Andreas Thiel (born 1967) is an American entrepreneur, hedge fund manager, libertarian and venture capitalist. With Max Levchin, Thiel co-founded PayPal and was its CEO. He currently serves as president of Clarium Capital, a global macro hedge fund with more than $2 billion under management, and a managing partner in The Founders Fund, a... Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. It may be a good thing for society. It’s good if you like eating in restaurants. It’s not a good thing if you’re in the business of starting a restaurant
    – Peter Thiel SOURCE: The Next Web 1 month ago
  2. Imagine if Facebook initial investors, such as Peter Thiel, were able to use Roth IRA funds to make their investments
    SOURCE: PRWeb 2 weeks ago
  3. dream big and want to build a tomorrow in which we all want to live
    – Peter Thiel SOURCE: Nature.com 1 month ago
  4. Peter Thiel is one of the world's most successful technology investors. He and his team bring a considerable track record of expertise and resources. For young New Zealand technology companies, Valar Ventures' presence in the New Zealand market is a significant opportunity
    SOURCE: The Age 2 months ago
  5. Over the last several years, New Zealand has been nurturing more early-stage tech companies ... I’m delighted that the government’s New Zealand Venture Investment Fund is partnering with Valar Ventures to enable more of them to expand and compete on the global level.
    – Peter Thiel SOURCE: Scoop - New Zealand News 2 months ago
  6. This year’s eight-strong international judging line-up includes original Facebook investor Peter Thiel, the Director of Engineering for Google in New York, Craig Nevill-Manning, and Senior Vice President for Cisco, Howard Charney
    SOURCE: Scoop - New Zealand News 2 months ago
  7. One of the conversations I remember our having back then was about the meaning of life ... Reid’s answer was that it’s the people you spend your life with—the connections you make. It’s no surprise that Reid thought through social networking earlier and more methodically than anyone else did.
    – Peter Thiel SOURCE: Epicenter | Wired Blog 2 months ago
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  9. If I do my job right, this is the last class you'll ever have to take
    – Peter Thiel SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 2 months ago
  10. Investors like Peter Thiel, who founded Paypal and was an early investor in Facebook, bring capital but also considerable expertise in building companies from start-up stage through to world-leading companies.
    SOURCE: TVNZ 2 months ago
  11. Kids are rabid about entrepreneurship ... They say Stanford can't sell out a home football game but they can sell out a Peter Thiel talk 20 times over.
    SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 2 months ago
  12. Visionaries like Peter Thiel are demonstrating the very best of what great entrepreneurs can achieve. They have paved the way for others in the LGBT entrepreneurial community, as well as the future generation of entrepreneurs and investors whose creativity and vision will take us all to the next level.
    SOURCE: Business Wire 2 months ago
  13. The pre-assigned students will be selected based on their entrepreneurial nature, their love for innovating and their diverse skill sets and backgrounds that they can bring to the community ... Peter Thiel B.A. ‘89, J.D. ‘92 will be the faculty sponsor, and he’ll oversee selection.
    SOURCE: The Stanford Daily 2 months ago
  14. Make sure you're philosophically aligned. One of our investors is the Founders Fund, so Peter Thiel, Brian Singerman, and Bruce Gibney, all are very founder centric and aligned with the vision we have. It's a long-term investment.
    SOURCE: The Business Insider 2 months ago

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