Peter Thiel
Facebook, investments · Buenos Aires
Net worth
$34.9B
Today
+$384M+1.11%Past month
−$5.1B−12.67%As of Nov 11, 2026, 1:50 PM EST
Peter Thiel returns to the Midas List for a 16th time as the cofounder and general partner of venture fund Founders Fund. Among its investments are Stripe and SpaceX, two of the most valuable unicorns in the world; Stripe was valued at $159 billion as of February 2026; SpaceX is planning to go public this summer at a valuation of $1.75 trillion. He also cofounded CIA-backed big data startup Palantir, which went public via a direct listing in 2020. Thiel, the first big investor in Facebook, has sold most of his stake in the social network; He left the board in 2022. His Thiel Foundation gives a small number of young entrepreneurs $100,000 over two years to skip college and build their own company. Thiel moved to Los Angeles from San Francisco in early 2018 after calling Silicon Valley a "one-party state."
Net worth over time
Principal holdings
3 positions| Company | Industry | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Palantir NASDAQ: PLTR | Finance & Investments | 46.3% | $16.2B |
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. NASDAQ: SPCX | Finance & Investments | 32.4% | $11.3B |
Private and other holdings | Finance & Investments | 21.4% | $7.5B |
Also known for
- Thiel found himself at the center of controversy after Forbes revealed in May 2016 that he was secretly funding lawsuits in an attempt to destroy Gawker Media.
- Thiel, a Trump delegate in California, was one of the first outspoken Trump supporters in Silicon Valley in 2016.