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11/20/2011 ~ The Untold Murder at Palo Alto High School (map)

Pete BennettMarch 27, 2019Dead Bankers, Sand Hill Road, Venture Capital No comments

Drawing Conclusions to College Bribery Scandal to Venture Capital, Hedge Funds and Private Equity to Dead Programmers, Dead Bankers and Dead Executives.

The Dubious Phone Call and Time Wasting Project

The folks at TPG will have to answer to my Whistleblower Complaints on the truly odd collection of RFPs emanating from companies connected to Richard Blum, William McGlashan, CBRE, Regency Centers, Trammel Crow, Lennar, Catellus.

My story is about witness murders, private equity, mergers and acquisitions linked back to the Matter of Bennett v. Southern Pacific lost in 1989. It was a winnable case as long the witnesses testified.

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Blum Capital Partners and TPG Newbridge and TPG Growth the Arrested Investors

Pete BennettMarch 12, 2019Portfolios, Private Equity, SEC Whistleblower, Venture Capital No comments

Portfolio

Blum Capital Partners has invested $10 million or more in 88 companies since it began investing out of its strategic funds in 1998.

Technology

Avid Technology
The Bisys Group
Ceridian Corp.
Electronics for Imaging
Fair, Isaac & Company
JDA Software
National Data Corp.
NCR Corp.
Novell, Inc.
Paxar Corp.
Pegasus Solutions
Rovi Corporation
Skillsoft PLC
Suntron Corp.
Synopsys, Inc.
Websense
Xtralis Group
Zebra Technologies

Media & Telecom

Current Media
Echostar Corp.
Getty Images
SBA Communications
Western Wireless Corp.

Real Estate

CBRE Group
Fairmont Hotels

Business Services

Aimia Inc.
American Reprographics, Inc.
Axispointe, Inc.
Convergys Corp.
Navigant Consulting, Inc.
PRGX Global
URS Corporation

Retail

Michaels Stores, Inc.
Myer, Ltd.
Payless ShoeSource
Ross Stores, Inc.
Thomson
Tiffany & Co.
Williams Sonoma

Consumer

Nu Skin Enterprises
NutriSystem, Inc.
Playtex Products, Inc.
Timberland Corp.

Healthcare

CareFusion
Dianon Systems, Inc.
eResearch Technology Inc.
First Health Group Corp.
Glenrose Instruments
Haemonetics Corp.
Health Management Associates
Impath Inc.
Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
Laboratory Corp. of America
LCA-Vision
Lincare Holdings, Inc.
Magellan Health Services, Inc.
Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.
Renal Care Group
Scott Technologies, Inc.
Select Medical Corp.
Symmetry Medical

Educational Services

Career Education
ITT Educational Services
Lincoln Educational Services

Manufacturing

Tokheim Corporation
USG Corp.

Financial Services

Athlon Holdings
BankThai
CIMB Group Holding
CoreLogic
First American Financial
John H. Harland Company
Janus Capital Group
Korea First Bank
MoneyGram International
Montpelier Re Holdings
Nova Corp.
Asia-Pacific Alternative Asset Manager (name undisclosed)
SEI Investment Company
TCF Financial Corp.
UCBH Holdings
Veracity Payment Solutions, Inc.
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc.
Washington Mutual

Transportation/Distribution

Midwest Airlines
UAP Holdings

Other

Copart, Inc.
SMC Holdings Corp.

*Companies in bold are current portfolio investments

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Palantir Technologies Inc. > Peter Andreas Thiel

Pete BennettMay 23, 2018Facebook, Globalism, Stanford, Venture Capital No comments

Software

Company Overview of Palantir Technologies Inc.

Snapshot

People

Overview Board Members Committees

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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