American Oligarch
Peter Thiel gamed Silicon Valley, the IRS, and Donald Trump.
Peter Thiel gamed Silicon Valley, the IRS, and Donald Trump.
Max Chafkin Bloomberg Businessweek Sep 2021 30min Permalink
Exploring the dark and far-reaching consequences of our dependence on the Internet.
Tom Scocca New York Review of Books Oct 2020 25min Permalink
Is Palantir’s crystal ball just smoke and mirrors?
Sharon Weinberger New York Sep 2020 30min Permalink
The venture capitalist and Facebook board member staked his reputation on a Trump presidency. Now what does he have to show for it?
Rosie Gray, Ryan Mac Buzzfeed Sep 2020 Permalink
How the Oculus founder, along with ex-Palantir executives, plan to reinvent national security, starting with Trump’s agenda.
Steven Levy Wired Jun 2018 20min Permalink
“All human relations are a matter of record, ready to be revealed by a clever algorithm. Everyone is a spidergram now.”
Peter Waldman, Lizette Chapman, Jordan Robertson Businessweek Apr 2018 20min Permalink
How an extreme libertarian tract predicting the collapse of liberal democracies – written by Jacob Rees-Mogg’s father – inspired the likes of Peter Thiel to buy up property across the Pacific
Mark O'Connell The Guardian Feb 2018 25min Permalink
Not all that long ago, as the editor in chief of Gawker.com, Daulerio was among the most influential and feared figures in media. Now the forty-two-year-old is unemployed, his bank has frozen his life savings of $1,500, and a $1,200-per-month one-bedroom is all he can afford. He's renting here, he says, to be near the counselors and support network he has come to rely on lately.
Maximillian Potter Esquire Jan 2017 25min Permalink
The complicated relationship between Gawker founder Nick Denton and his arch-nemesis investorr Peter Thiel.
David Margolick Vanity Fair Nov 2016 20min Permalink
Libertarian, futurist, billionaire: a profile of Peter Thiel.
George Packer New Yorker Nov 2011 35min Permalink