# Peter Thiel founder roles

entity: /record/peter-thiel.md  
predicate: founder_of  
page: /record/peter-thiel/founder_of  
as_of: 2026-11-08  
cite: AsOf. "Peter Thiel founder of: PayPal", undated. Claim clm_AC9830D8AD97, https://asof.is/claim/clm_AC9830D8AD97, accessed 2026-11-08. Source: https://www.electronicpaymentsinternational.com/news/paypal-history-milestones/.  

As of November 8, 2026, the AsOf record says Peter Thiel is a founder of PayPal and Palantir Technologies, from 2 secondary sources (electronicpaymentsinternational.com and alexanderjarvis.com).

2 claims on Peter Thiel's founder roles, 2 open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder roles

What the record asserts on 2026-11-08.

- [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
- [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

## Every dated value

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 Superseded claims stay visible.

- [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
- [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

## Questions this record answers

### What is Peter Thiel founder of?

PayPal and Palantir Technologies, as the record asserts on November 8, 2026, from 2 secondary sources (electronicpaymentsinternational.com and alexanderjarvis.com).


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