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Peter Thiel

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Entrepreneur

The Resume

    (October 11, 1967- )
    Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    German-born American entrepreneur, hedge fund manager, libertarian and venture capitalist
    Co-founded PayPal with Elon Musk and Max Levchin
    President of Clarium Capital
    Managing partner for The Founders Fund
    Served on the Board of Governors for social networking website Facebook

Why he might be annoying:

    He turned down a deal to purchase Martha Stewart's duplex in Manhattan in 2004.
    He helped executive produce the 2006 film 'Thank You for Smoking.'
    He drew a sharp rebuttal from then-Stanford Provost Condoleezza Rice for his 1995 novel 'The Diversity Myth: 'Multiculturalism' and the Politics of Intolerance at Stanford.'
    He allegedly helped produce college studentJames O'Keefe's 'Taxpayers Clearing House' which was a documentary film about the Wall Street bailout from a satirical point of view.
    He endorsed former EBay chairman Meg Whitman during her run for governor of California in 2010.
    During an interview on news program 'Nightline,' he said he was paying college students to droput out of college because he believed that the state of the American economy made it unstable for one to attend school and that the future highly depends on 'entrepreneurship.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was a US-rated Chess Master and one of the highest ranked under-21 players in the country.
    He clerked for Judge J.L. Edmondson of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
    He made a $500,000 angel investment in Facebook for 10.2% of the company.
    He helped numerous online startups such as Facebook and PayPal become profitable in the later years.
    He is an ardent supporter of gay rights and publicly opposed California's Proposition 8.
    He occasionally serves as a contributor and commentator for CNBC.
    He is a supporter of the Committee to Protect Journalists, which promotes the right of journalists to report the news freely without fear of reprisal.
    He was portrayed by Wallace Langham in the Oscar-winning film ''he Social Network (2010).'

Credit: Birdienest81


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 166 Votes: 52.41% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 750 Votes: 59.20% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 30 Votes: 36.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 194 Votes: 45.88% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 109 Votes: 47.71% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 84 Votes: 48.81% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 99 Votes: 59.60% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 352 Votes: 67.90% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 65 Votes: 49.23% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying