At LAUNCH Festival 2015, Peter Thiel offered insights into how Elon Musk simultaneously transformed the auto and aerospace industries through Tesla Inc. and SpaceX. What Happened: In a...

Jul 5, 2024 · Palantir Technologies co-founder Peter Thiel said he regrets not investing in Tesla because Musk knows how to make companies profitable. Thiel’s The Founders Fund is among Musk ‘s SpaceX backers, and the entrepreneurs worked together at PayPal in the 2000s.

Jul 8, 2024 · We’ve put together a YouTube playlist with every Peter Thiel insight we’ve ever shared. You can watch it here: “Best startup advice from Peter Thiel” "“When Elon was building both Tesla and SpaceX in the 2000s, people thought he was just really, really crazy."

Mar 30, 2023 · But the relationship turned extremely sour when Thiel, according to Max Chafkin's 2021 biography -- 'The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power' -- plotted …

Jul 5, 2024 · Billion entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday shared a video snippet on X of Palantir Technologies co-founder Peter Thiel applauding his penchant for risk. Thiel’s The Founders Fund is among the...

Jan 5, 2025 · Zero to One by Peter Thiel focuses on how to create a unique, groundbreaking company that moves from "zero to one" — essentially going from nothing to something entirely …

Billionaire investor Peter Thiel recently described his close friend and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk a "negative role model." What He Said. Thiel was a participant in a debate on...

Sep 28, 2021 · When Musk was seeking investors for Tesla, his electric vehicle company, Thiel declined to invest, partly due to his skepticism about the urgency of addressing climate change. Musk, a strong advocate for renewable energy, saw Thiel’s refusal as a significant blow, contributing to their growing estrangement.

Sep 27, 2021 · In The New York Post, Eric Spitznagel tells the story of PayPal founder, Peter Thiel, with an interesting vignette on Thiel’s interactions with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, when the two were building PayPal. Spitznagel writes: Thiel, who turns 54 next month, is one of the most cutthroat financiers of his generation.

Dec 2, 2022 · Peter Thiel and Elon Musk have worked together for decades, but are polar opposites. Thiel and his allies conspired against Musk and replaced him as PayPal CEO while Musk was on his honeymoon.