Peter Thiel

Thiel, Peter, entrepreneur and co-founder of PayPal, speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington October 3, 2011

Peter Thiel, entrepreneur and co-founder of PayPal, speaks during a news conference on nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to economic research…

Three of the managing partners of the Founders Fund: Ken Howery, Peter Thiel, and Sean Parker, 2006

Three of the managing partners of the Founders Fund (L to R): Ken Howery, Peter Thiel, and Sean Parker. Howery,…

Girard, René

Clarium Capital Management Offices, 2011

Inside the offices of Clarium Capital Management

Thiel, Peter at a meeting, 2011

Peter Thiel at a meeting, 2011.

Stanford University campus aerial view, 2005

Stanford University campus aerial view, 2005.

Thiel, Peter at the 2008 TechCrunch50 Conference in San Francisco

German-American entrepreneur Peter Thiel at the 2008 TechCrunch50 Conference in San Francisco.

Seastead model

An early seastead model.

Falcon 9 with ORBCOMM OG2-M1 satellite in SLC-40 hangar, 2014

Falcon 9 with ORBCOMM OG2-M1 satellite in SLC-40 hangar, 2014.

PayPal/ebay corporate headquarters in San Jose, CA, 2010

PayPal/ebay corporate headquarters in San Jose, CA, 2010.

Facebook Headquarters, 2014

Facebook Headquarters, 2014.

Apple II personal computer, 1977

Apple II personal computer, 1977.

Thiel, Peter’s Quad Yearbook Photo, 1989

Peter Thiel’s Quad Yearbook Photo, 1989.

Frederick Terman meeting with David Packard and Bill Hewlett

Terman, Frederick meeting with David Packard and Bill Hewlett

Frederick Terman meeting with David Packard (left) and Bill Hewlett (right).