Peter Thiel influenced top tech figures like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, funding early-stage companies through his venture capital firm Founders Fund.

Mr. Vance’s open admiration for Dr. Girard and his closeness to Mr. Thiel, arguably the world’s most prominent Girardian, has ...

Draw a circle around all the assets in America now devoted to Artificial Intelligence. Draw a second circle around all the ...

Inside tech's anti-college movement: "If you have to go to college, it's probably because you're mediocre." ...

First Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and David Sacks upended America’s financial-services industry with an innovative Silicon Valley startup called PayPal that rocketed to dominance as the internet took ...

Thiel, meanwhile, became the loudest voice critiquing the lack of true technological progress amidst all the hype. “Forget flying cars,” he quipped during a 2012 Stanford lecture.

Congressional candidate Blake Masters said he disagrees with Peter Thiel about “plenty," offering the example of abortion rights.

Back in 2009, the tech titan Peter Thiel laid out a sweeping vision for demolishing the government. Now he's getting what he wanted.

Peter Thiel has won. Behind the chaotic first month of the Trump administration lies a sweeping political vision laid out by Thiel, the billionaire tech investor, cofounder of PayPal, and destroyer of ...

Weis argues that Stanford’s distinct blend of progressive and conservative ideologies might be one of the university’s greatest strengths.

Everything clicked when Peter Thiel gave the speech about God. The occasion was a 40th birthday party for Trae Stephens, who is Mr. Thiel’s venture capital partner as well as one of the founders ...