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How much do you really know about Peter Thiel? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Peter Thiel co-founded PayPal and later sold it to eBay for $1.5 billion.

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Thiel co-founded PayPal in 1998, which was acquired by eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion in stock, making him a billionaire.

2.

Thiel authored the book 'Zero to One,' which became a New York Times bestseller.

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'Zero to One,' published in 2014, compiles notes from his Stanford startup course and was a #1 bestseller.

3.

Peter Thiel founded Palantir Technologies, which originally developed software for the CIA.

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Thiel co-founded Palantir in 2003; its early funding came from the CIA’s venture arm, In-Q-Tel, for data analysis tools.

4.

Thiel secretly funded lawsuits against Gawker Media, leading to its bankruptcy in 2016.

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Thiel financed Hulk Hogan’s privacy lawsuit against Gawker, which resulted in a $140 million verdict and Gawker’s closure.

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Thiel was the first outside investor in Facebook, investing $500,000 for a 10% stake.

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In 2004, Thiel gave Facebook its first major investment—$500,000 for about 10.2% of the company, later worth billions.

6.

Peter Thiel was a Rhodes Scholar and studied philosophy at Oxford University.

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Thiel studied philosophy at Stanford for undergrad and law at Stanford Law, but he was never a Rhodes Scholar.

7.

Thiel holds a gold medal in Olympic fencing from the 2000 Sydney Games.

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Thiel competed in fencing as a junior but never won an Olympic medal; he was a nationally ranked fencer in the U.S.

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Peter Thiel is a licensed pilot and owns a private jet that he flies himself.

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While Thiel is known for eccentric hobbies, he is not a licensed pilot and does not fly his own plane.

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