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Chafkin, Max.
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Thiel, Peter, 1967-
Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography.
Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) -- Biography.
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Chafkin, Max.
Thiel, Peter, 1967-
Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography.
Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) -- Biography.
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The
contrarian
:
Peter
Thiel
and
Silicon
Valley
's
pursuit
of
power
/ Max Chafkin.
by
Chafkin, Max.
Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021.
Call #:
332.092 C433c
Subjects
Thiel
,
Peter
, 1967-
Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography.
Santa Clara
Valley
(Santa Clara County, Calif.) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781984878533 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Peter
Thiel
and
Silicon
Valley
's
pursuit
of
power
Description:
xviii, 382 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : col. portraits ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"In the first major biography of
Thiel
, Max Chafkin traces the trajectory of the innovator'
s
singular life and worldview, from his upbringing as the child of immigrant parents and years at Stanford as a conservative thought leader to his founding of PayPal and Palantir, early investment in Facebook and SpaceX, and relationships with fellow tech titans Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Eric Schmidt. The
Contrarian
illuminates the extent to which
Thiel
has sought to export his values to the corridors of
power
beyond
Silicon
Valley
, including funding the lawsuit that destroyed the blog Gawker and strenuously backing far-right political candidates, notably Donald Trump for president in 2016. Eye-opening and deeply reported, 'The
Contrarian
' is a revelatory biography of a one-of-a-kind leader and an incisive portrait of a tech industry whose explosive growth and
power
is both thrilling and fraught with controversy."
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Biographies.
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