Peter Thiel
Also known as: PayPal Mafia, Palantir
Co-Founder & General Partner
Known For
Pioneering PayPal, turning a modest Facebook investment into billions, and building Palantir into a defense tech leader with massive government contracts.
About
Peter Thiel launched PayPal in 1998, leading it as CEO to a blockbuster IPO that kickstarted the fintech revolution and spawned the influential PayPal Mafia network. His early $500,000 stake in Facebook ballooned into over a billion-dollar windfall, while Palantir Technologies, his data analytics juggernaut, hit 40% U.S. government revenue in Q4 2025 with 66% growth and projects 60% overall revenue surge in 2026. Via Founders Fund, he fuels breakthroughs in aerospace, biotech, and AI, exemplified by bold 2025 portfolio swings in Thiel Macro—doubling down on Tesla and NVIDIA before a full Q4 exit from Tesla, Microsoft, and Apple. No known professional ties link Thiel directly to Miami or South Florida ventures.
