How Peter Thiel Became the Most Feared Man in Silicon Valley

New York Post ^ | September 25, 2021 | Eric Spitznagel

[nickcarraway]

PayPal founder Peter Thiel liked Mark Zuckerberg for the same reasons most people couldn’t stand him.

Though the Facebook CEO is often criticized for being robotic and unfeeling, Thiel saw the younger man’s indifference as “a sign of intelligence,” writes Max Chafkin in his book, “The Contrarian” (Penguin Press), out now.

The two formed a mutual respect based on their iconoclastic ways. “Zuckerberg, like Thiel, had stuck it in the eye of his politically correct peers when he’d hacked Harvard’s online directory to create FaceMash.” At college in the ’80s, Thiel had launched a conservative monthly called The Stanford Review, which fearlessly mocked liberals on campus.

[Terry L Smith]

Peter Thiel is no conservative. His company PAYPAL has sought to limit or deny any transactions that even smell of the American 2nd Amendment rights.

[Dave W]

He sold PayPal in 2002, so its policies have nothing to do with Thiel.

[Terry L Smith]

Thank you for tje update!

[ronnie raygun]

Paypal is not your pal, wait until the IRS has access to middle class American bank accounts, paypal is one of the reporting companies

[School of Rational Thought]

Thiel sold PayPal to eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion. It is in the article.

[BobL]

“Peter Thiel is no conservative. His company PAYPAL has sought to limit or deny any transactions that even smell of the American 2nd Amendment rights.”

Yea, I know the above doesn’t apply to Thiel, and it really could not. The guy was in a Hornet’s nest and started Stanford Review - that takes serious gonads.