
Thiel is presently embroiled in a legal battle in New York Bankruptcy Court concerning his role in Gawker’s demise. government uncover terrorist plots and fraud, a co-founder of PayPal and various flourishing investment funds, and a ground-floor investor in Facebook, where he still sits on the board of directors. With a net worth, per Forbes, of over $2 billion, Thiel is the largest stakeholder in Palantir, an analytical-software company that helps the U.S.

The German-born, Donald Trump-supporting (with a $1.25 million campaign donation) Thiel is among the planet’s more successful tech entrepreneurs. Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel-who secretly schemed to annihilate Gawker Media, a goal he achieved in August 2016, and to force its founder, Nick Denton, into personal bankruptcy-may yet have cause to regret that he has reveled so publicly in his vengeful triumph.
