# Peter Thiel ![[2025-08-23_peter_thiel.jpg]] Peter Thiel was the CEO of PayPal. He co-founded Paypal, Palantir Technologies and Founders Fund. He was the first outside investor in Facebook. ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Peter Thiel]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Peter Thiel]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[Competition is for losers]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #books AND [[Peter Thiel]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #books AND [[Peter Thiel]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[Zero to One (book)]] <!-- SerializedQuery END -->