The Contrarian by Max Chafkin Summary
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Peek inside Peter Thiel's enigmatic mind as "The Contrarian" reveals how this Trump-backing billionaire built PayPal, funded Facebook, and bankrupted Gawker. What dark philosophy drives Silicon Valley's most influential conservative? The answer reshapes how we understand modern power.
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Silicon Valley's Dark Knight: The Rise of Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel once told Stanford students that if you get one big thing right, nothing else matters. This philosophy has defined his extraordinary career-from co-founding PayPal to making the first outside investment in Facebook to bankrolling Donald Trump when Silicon Valley recoiled in horror. With a net worth of approximately $10 billion, Thiel has become perhaps the most influential tech mogul of our time, despite not being the richest. What makes him fascinating is his contradictory nature: a gay man who funded anti-gay politicians, a libertarian who built surveillance tools for government agencies, and a self-proclaimed contrarian whose most successful investment was a social media platform he personally disdained. As tech's power has grown increasingly unchecked, understanding the philosopher king who helped shape its values has never been more important.
From Chess Prodigy to Campus Provocateur
PayPal: Building a Financial Revolution
The Ethics of Success: Finding Profit in Gray Areas
From Tech Founder to Kingmaker
Palantir: Surveillance State Builder
The Contrarian's Enduring Legacy
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