Peter Thiel is a German and American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist. He helped start PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, and was the first person outside the company to invest in Facebook.
He is often seen as one of the main thinkers who shaped the modern culture and mindset of Silicon Valley.
Net Worth, Ethnicity & Religion
According to the reports, his current net worth is approximately $26.1 billion from all of his income sources as of October 2025 (source).
He has German and American ethnicity. He also has German and American citizenship. His religious faith is in the Orthodox Christian religion.
Wife, Children & Parents
As per the reports, he is married now. In October 2017, on his 50th birthday, he married his long-time partner, Matt Danzeisen, in Vienna, Austria. Back in 2007, when they were dating, Danzeisen worked as a vice president at BlackRock.
As of June 2024, the couple had two young daughters, aged five and three, who were born through a surrogate. However, in August 2025, Bloomberg’s Adrian Wooldridge mentioned that Thiel was reported to have four children.
He was born to his German parents. His father’s name is Mr. Klaus Friedrich Thiel, and his mother’s name is Mrs. Susanne Thiel. He has a brother named Patrick Thiel.
Early Life & Educational Details
His real name is Peter Andreas Thiel. He was born on 11 October 1967 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He is 58 years old as of 2025. When he was a year old, his family moved to the United States and lived in Cleveland, Ohio.
Before moving to Foster City, California, in 1977, they also lived in South Africa and Namibia during the apartheid era. He attended seven different elementary schools while growing up.
He was very good at math and won first place in a statewide math contest while studying at Bowditch Middle School in Foster City.
In high school, he enjoyed reading Ayn Rand’s books and admired President Ronald Reagan’s positive outlook and anti-communist views. He graduated as the top student of his class in 1985.
He studied philosophy at Stanford University and later earned his law degree (Juris Doctor) from Stanford Law School in 1992. During his time there, he met René Girard, whose ideas about imitation had a strong influence on him.
Career Details
After finishing his studies at Stanford, Thiel worked as a clerk, a lawyer, a speechwriter, and later as a trader at Credit Suisse. In 1996, he started Thiel Capital Management, and in 1998, he co-founded PayPal with Max Levchin and Luke Nosek.
He served as PayPal’s CEO until the company was sold to eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion. After PayPal, Thiel started Clarium Capital, a hedge fund in San Francisco.
In 2003, he founded Palantir Technologies, a data analysis company, and has been its chairman since then. In 2005, he created Founders Fund with Ken Howery and Luke Nosek.
He became the first outside investor in Facebook in 2004 by buying a 10.2% share for $500,000. Later, he co-founded Valar Ventures in 2010 and Mithril Capital in 2012, where he led the investment committee.
From 2015 to 2017, he also worked part-time as a partner at Y Combinator. As of May 2025, Forbes estimated Thiel’s net worth at about $20.8 billion, ranking him as the 103rd richest person in the world.
He is often called one of the main thinkers behind the modern culture of Silicon Valley.
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