The top 50 billionaire inventors
Peter Thiel – Estimated Net Worth Today: 4.2B.
Thiel is co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in Facebook.
He remains a general partner of venture capital firm Founders Fund, where he is involved in firm strategy and weighs in on its large investments.
Among its investments are Stripe and SpaceX; he also cofounded CIA-backed big data startup Palantir.
Thiel has sold most of his stake in Facebook; in February 2022 Facebook said Thiel would leave the board this year.
Thiel carries out most of his philanthropic activities through the Thiel Foundation.
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