Wednesday, August 17, 2011
The Billionaire King of Techtopia
The Billionaire King of Techtopia: "Peter Thiel rose to fame by launching PayPal and funding a little upstart called Facebook. You'll find his fingerprints on — and his seed money in — everything from DNA manipulation to Hollywood movies along with any Silicon Valley enterprise worth knowing about. Now the 43-year-old gay libertarian is embarking on his most ambitious venture: a start-up country on the open ocean that will be governed by his Ayn Rand—inspired ideology. Will it be Thiel's crowing achievement or the biggest bust since 'Waterworld'?"