Experts
Peter Thiel
President, Clarium Capital Management
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Baby Boomers: The Dumbest Generation?
How did everyone fail to recognize an $8 trillion housing bubble? Peter Thiel weighs in on what happened, and why he sees the next 20 years as crucial. Read More
December 9, 2009 | In Business & Economics
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There Will Not Be Another Bailout
Dubai’s current situation shows us that we are quickly shifting from an inflationary toward a deflationary political world, says Peter Thiel, one with much less tolerance the second time around. Read More
December 9, 2009 | In Business & Economics
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The Misplaced Regulatory Focus on Hedge Funds
Peter Thiel explains that the real problem lies with hidden leverage. Read More
December 9, 2009 | In Business & Economics
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Keynesian Economics Will Be Dead
Peter Thiel sees John Maynard Keynes as his economic villain. He explains why the current financial crisis was caused by short-run thinking. Read More
December 9, 2009 | In Business & Economics
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Policy Makers: "Living in the Dark Ages”
The $700 billion bailout of the financial industry would never have been offered to Internet companies during the tech bubble bust—and that is problematic, says Peter Thiel. Read More
December 9, 2009 | In Business & Economics
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Big Think Interview with Peter Thiel
A conversation with the founder of PayPal and president of Clarium Capital Management. Read More
December 9, 2009 | In Business & Economics
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Peter Thiel's four theories on the bubble and bust economy
Peter Thiel articulates the divergent perspectives on what brought the U.S. economy to the brink. Read More
October 23, 2008 | In Business & Economics
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Peter Thiel on whether the United State is the next Japan
Peter Thiel on whether the United State is the next Japan. Read More
October 23, 2008 | In Business & Economics
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How Peter Thiel foresaw the economic crisis
Peter Thiel explains the lessons learned from the burst of the technology bubble. Read More
October 23, 2008 | In Business & Economics
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Peter Thiel on what the decline of hedge funds means for Main Street
Peter Thiel on what the decline of hedge funds means for Main Street. Read More
October 23, 2008 | In Business & Economics
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Peter Thiel on the 25-year history of economic bubbles
Peter Thiel provides full context for the current economic crisis. Read More
October 23, 2008 | In Business & Economics
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What is the world's biggest challenge in the coming decade?
There is a serious, on-going energy problem that for a whole slew of reasons people are not aware of. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Business & Economics, Environment
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What can be done that makes sense in the broad context of this extraordinary world in the next 20, 30, 40 years? Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Future
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Invest in people; it's too hard to figure out big picture thematic things about what technology is going to be. Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Future
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What are the risks of centralizing information?
Although people's lives become more transparent, there is more transparency into the government or into other institutions as well. Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Media & Internet
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How is technology changing the way we live?
Although here are elements of technology that are actually centralizing, essentially technology is decentralizing society. Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Media & Internet
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There's a lot of potential for both very good and very bad things in people. Read More
December 18, 2007 | In History
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What is America's place in the world?
The U.S. will be in a more competitive situation with other countries than it has been for a very long time. Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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With a background both in technology and finance, Thiel founded the global payment system Paypal. Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Business & Economics
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What is the government's role in public education?
We should be experimenting to find a better way of educating our kids. Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
Peter Thiel is an American entrepreneur, hedge fund manager and venture capitalist. He is Clarium’s President and the Chairman of the firm’s investment committee, which oversees the firm’s research, investment, and trading strategies. Before starting Clarium, Peter served as Chairman and CEO of PayPal, an Internet company he co-founded in December 1998 and was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion in October 2002.
Prior to founding PayPal, Peter ran Thiel Capital Management , the predecessor to Clarium, which started with $1 million under management in 1996. Peter began his financial career as a derivatives trader at CS Financial Products, after practicing securities law at Sullivan & Cromwell.
In addition to managing Clarium, Peter is active in a variety of philanthropic and educational pursuits; he sits on the Board of Directors of the Pacific Research Institute, the Board of Visitors of Stanford Law School, and is an adviser to the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Peter received a BA in Philosophy from Stanford University and a JD from Stanford Law School. He is self-described libertarian and a minority investor in Big Think.
