[FLT-bird]

Thiel is a German American. He was born in Germany and to German parents but his family came over when he was one year old. He’s a patriotic American and supports Trump and other populists. And yes, he’s gay but he doesn’t make his private life public or a political matter.

[MotorCityBuck]

+1

[SmokingJoe]

All that is correct.
I didn't mean him being German as an insult at all.
He is also a very good friend of Elon Musk and they worked together at PayPal. Plus Thiel invested in SpaceX and Tesla when things were tough back in the day.