# Peter Thiel

id: ent_peter-thiel  
wikidata: Q705525  
kind: person  
timeline: /timelines/peter-thiel.md  
page: /record/peter-thiel  
same_as: https://asof.is/record/peter-thiel (how to cite the id: /identifiers.md)  

Peter Thiel is a German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist. On the record, Peter Thiel is Chair of Palantir Technologies, since 2003; and a founder of Palantir Technologies and of PayPal.

## Key facts

- Chair: Palantir Technologies (since 2003) · claim: /claim/clm_F6EED66C15B5.md
- Founder: Palantir Technologies · claim: /claim/clm_83966AA4032E.md
- Founder: PayPal · claim: /claim/clm_6E3EAAC43C03.md

## Questions

**What roles does Peter Thiel hold?** Chair of Palantir Technologies since 2003, Founder of Palantir Technologies and Founder of PayPal, as the AsOf record states with its sources.

**What is Peter Thiel's role at Palantir Technologies?** Chair since 2003 and Founder.

**What is Peter Thiel's role at PayPal?** Founder.

## Fact pages

One page per fact: the current value with its sources, then every dated value and what replaced what. Fetch any of them as markdown.

- [Peter Thiel chair roles](/record/peter-thiel/chair_of.md)
- [Peter Thiel founder roles](/record/peter-thiel/founder_of.md)

## Current state

What the record asserts: claims that held, valid by their sources or primary-sourced at confidence 0.7 or more. Unverified, disputed, retracted and review-marked claims are listed below, labelled, not here.

- [Peter Thiel](/record/peter-thiel.md) | chair_of | [Palantir Technologies](/record/palantir.md) | valid 2003-01-01 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_D33988DA5B9E](/claim/clm_D33988DA5B9E.md)
  sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm
- [Peter Thiel](/record/peter-thiel.md) | founder_of | [Palantir Technologies](/record/palantir.md) | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_B892AC9D7060](/claim/clm_B892AC9D7060.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2047336, https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/palantir-deutschland-polizei-software-datenschutz-100.html, https://quartr.com/insights/business-philosophy/alex-karp-the-unconventional-tech-visionary
- [Peter Thiel](/record/peter-thiel.md) | founder_of | [PayPal](/record/paypal.md) | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_AC9830D8AD97](/claim/clm_AC9830D8AD97.md)
  sources: https://www.electronicpaymentsinternational.com/news/paypal-history-milestones/, https://www.alexanderjarvis.com/memo-paypals-original-business-plan/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483959

## All claims

One claim per line, newest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Peter Thiel](/record/peter-thiel.md) | board_member_of | [Meta Platforms](/record/meta.md) | valid 2005-04-01 to 2022-05-25 | conf 0.95 | superseded | [clm_519F6C92189B](/claim/clm_519F6C92189B.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380, https://investor.fb.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2022/Peter-Thiel-to-Retire-from-Meta-Board-of-Directors-at-2022-Annual-Shareholder-Meeting/default.aspx, https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001326801/73b5b54b-ee06-4579-8dd3-418439795bc2.pdf, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680122000043/meta2022definitiveproxysta.htm, https://investor.fb.com/investor-events/event-details/2022/2022-Annual-Shareholder-Meeting/default.aspx
- [Peter Thiel](/record/peter-thiel.md) | founder_of | [Palantir Technologies](/record/palantir.md) | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_B892AC9D7060](/claim/clm_B892AC9D7060.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2047336, https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/palantir-deutschland-polizei-software-datenschutz-100.html, https://quartr.com/insights/business-philosophy/alex-karp-the-unconventional-tech-visionary
- [Peter Thiel](/record/peter-thiel.md) | chair_of | [Palantir Technologies](/record/palantir.md) | valid 2003-01-01 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_D33988DA5B9E](/claim/clm_D33988DA5B9E.md)
  sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm
- [Peter Thiel](/record/peter-thiel.md) | founder_of | [PayPal](/record/paypal.md) | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_AC9830D8AD97](/claim/clm_AC9830D8AD97.md)
  sources: https://www.electronicpaymentsinternational.com/news/paypal-history-milestones/, https://www.alexanderjarvis.com/memo-paypals-original-business-plan/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483959

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