Company Overview of Palantir Technologies Inc.

Executive Profile

Peter Andreas Thiel

Co-Founder and Chairman, Palantir Technologies Inc.

Age	Total Calculated Compensation	This person is connected to 11 Board Members in 11 organization across 17 different industries. See Board Relationships
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Background

Mr. Peter Andreas Thiel, J.D. is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Founders Fund. Mr. Thiel has been the President at Clarium Capital Management LLC since October 2002 and also serves as its Portfolio Manager. He founded Clarium Capital in 1996. He is a Co-Founder of Valar Ventures LP and serves as its President and Partner. Mr. Thiel Co-founded Mithril Capital Management LLC in 2012. Mr. Thiel has been the President of Thiel Capital since 2011. He is the Founder at The Thiel Foundation and Breakout Labs. He serves as an Advisor at Asana, Inc. and Udorse, Inc. He is an Adviser to President Donald J. Trump. Mr. Thiel is an Advisor and a Part-Time Partner at Y Combinator Management LLC since March 2015. Previously, he served as Partner of The Founders Fund since 2005. Mr. Thiel served as an Advisor at Redux, Inc. He co-founded PayPal Holdings, Inc. in 1998 and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer from September 2000 to 2002. He co-founded Confinity, Inc. in December 1998 and served as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman until March 2000. Mr. Thiel's experience with venture finance began in the 1990s. He began his financial career as a Derivatives Trader at CS Financial Products. Mr. Thiel has also worked at Credit Suisse Group AG. He worked at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. He has been a Director of YourPeople, Inc. since February 2016. He serves as a Director of Auris Surgical Robotics, Inc. Mr. Thiel serves as the Chairman of Palantir Technologies Inc., which he co-founded it in 2003. He has been an Independent Director of Facebook, Inc. since April 2005. Mr. Thiel serves as a Director of Nanotronics Imaging LLC, Zenreach, Halcyon Molecular, Inc., and XOOM.com, Inc. He serves as a Director of the Pacific Research Institute, The Independent Institute and Udorse, Inc. Mr. Thiel serves as a Director of TransferWise Ltd. He serves on the Board of Overseers of the Hoover Institution at Stanford. Mr. Thiel serves as a Member of Scientific Advisory Board of Epoch Innovations, Inc. He serves as a Member of the Board of Visitors of Stanford Law School. He served as Chairman of PayPal Holdings, Inc. from May 2000 to 2002 and served as its Director since March 2000. He served as the Chairman of Remanage Inc and PropertyView Solutions, Inc. Mr. Thiel served as a Member of US Advisory Board at Xero Limited since October 22, 2010. He served as a Director of Powerset, Inc. since November 2006. Mr. Thiel served as a Director of Confinity, Inc., Booktrack Ltd. and PropertyView Solutions, Inc. He also aids work against violence through the Oslo Freedom Forum. Mr. Thiel promotes better health by funding the SENS Research Foundation. His articles have appeared in Policy Review and the Wall Street Journal. Mr. Thiel created the 20 Under 20 Thiel Fellowship. The World Economic Forum honored him as a Young Global Leader and BusinessWeek named him one of the 25 most influential people on the web. Mr. Thiel is the Author of "Zero to One". He was listed at the fourth spot in the Forbes Midas List of 2014. Mr. Thiel was rated a master by the United States Chess Federation and received the Innovation Award from the Economist in 2010. He is a technology entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist. He received a J.D. from Stanford University Law School in 1992. Mr. Thiel also earned a B.A. in Philosophy from Stanford University.

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