17 Facts About Thiel Foundation

1. In 2011 Thiel Foundation was reported as having given a total of $1.25 million to the Seasteading Institute.

2. Thiel Foundation supports the research of the SENS Foundation, headed by Dr de Grey, that is working to achieve the reversal of biological aging.

3. Thiel Foundation is a private foundation created and funded by billionaire Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and early investor in Facebook.

4. Peter Thiel Foundation is known to be an independent thinker and a smart entrepreneur.

5. In July 2012, Thiel Foundation made a $1 million donation to the Club for Growth, a fiscally conservative 50(4) organization, becoming the group's largest contributor.

6. In December 2015, it was announced that Thiel Foundation was one of the financial backers of OpenAI, a nonprofit company aimed at the safe development of artificial general intelligence.

7. In March 2015, it was announced that Thiel Foundation joined Y Combinator as one of 10 part-time partners.

8. Thiel Foundation garnered attention in 2016 when he became a vocal supporter of Republican presidential nominee—and eventual winner of the election—Donald Trump, donating money and speaking at the party's convention.

9. In 2005 Thiel Foundation established Founders Fund, a venture capital firm.

10. In 2004 Thiel Foundation cofounded Palantir Technologies, a data analytics firm.

11. Thiel Foundation paid $11.5 million for his Los Angeles home in 2012, according to real-estate data website Property Shark.

12. Thiel Foundation has made more than $1 billion from the investment.

13. Thiel Foundation has supported the life extension group, the Methuselah Foundation, founded by Aubrey De Grey.

14. Thiel Foundation is a supporter of the Committee to Protect Journalists, which promotes the right of journalists to report the news freely without fear of reprisal, and the Human Rights Foundation, which organizes the Oslo Freedom Forum.

15. Thiel Foundation believes in the importance and desirability of a technological singularity.

16. Thiel Foundation has three main internal projects: the Thiel Fellowship, Imitatio, and Breakout Labs.

17. Thiel Foundation is a private foundation created and funded by billionaire Peter Thiel, known as a co-founder of PayPal and early investor in Facebook.