Posted on 10/16/2016 1:55:16 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
Peter Thiel is putting his money where his mouth is.
The billionaire PayPal cofounder is donating $1.25 million to Donald Trump's campaign, according to a source close to Thiel. Thiel has been a vocal supporter of Trump -- one of the most prominent in Silicon Valley.
He spoke at the Republican National Convention and made history when he declared on stage that he was proud to be gay. Thiel's donation will be given through Super PACs and directly to Trump's campaign, according to the source. This is the first time Thiel will be donating to Trump. The donation was first reported by the NYT.
Silicon Valley throws big money at Clinton and virtually nothing at Trump. Thiel is famous in Silicon Valley for holding extreme, counterintuitive views. He is a rabid libertarian who has invested money to make people immortal, develop floating cities away from the reach of governments and convince young people not to go to college, among other endeavors.
He has become increasingly controversial, after news broke earlier this year that he had funded Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker, ultimately forcing the media company into bankruptcy. Thiel was one of the earliest investors in Facebook (FB, Tech30) and currently sits on the company's board. He has also made investments in Zynga (ZNGA), Reddit and Asana.
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Thiel pulled an operations center out of NC costing 400 jobs because of the bathroom law. He’s a POS in my book.
We’re not talking about votes, we’re talking about donations. Yer’ right, some of you are just stupid.
Yup he is. Where was this clown when McCain and Romney where running? Then all of a sudden he comes out of the closet and says he’s GOP? These fag lovers on FR are a hoot.
What's a Ladgy Gaga??
Easy.
Ruling, after being stuffed by a taxidermist only works in Russia...
Isn’t PayPal the company that decided to applaud men in women’s bathrooms?
Is he still with PayPal?
I agree completely.
And while I’m a HUGE fan of education, strangely the part about him I like most is when he starts ripping on US upper education.
He has or had a program for young people by which if you could show an acceptance letter from an Ivy League and a biz plan he liked he would simply FUND IT ALL FOR YOU.
The guy really has guts.
A patriot in Silicon Valley. Who knew?
We raised 56 million less then Hillary so yes the donation is necessary. God God your a Hillary lover. It’s so obvious. You don’t even hide it anymore.
I don’t care if he’s into autoerotic asphyxiation while farting Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer into a vuvuzela.
If he helps beating Hillary, I’ll take it.
“God God your a Hillary lover.”
Ive been called a lot of things but that’s the dumbest one. Are you still smarting because you love homosexuals?
No I’m livid because you don’t want votes except from Christian whites. If we lose this election, it’s solely your fault.
its my fault, and not retarded liberals? You need a lobotomy with that kind of mentality.
I want to win. I understand you want principles or some crap 3 weeks before the general. But you are either for trump or against the United States. Your bitterness against trump must stop. It’s over. He won the nomination get over it.
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