Peter Thiel: Players, Companies, Life

by Richard Byrne Reilly, John Ritter (Illustrator)

Investigative journalist Richard Byrne Reilly has published the first biography of Peter Thiel, the controversial billionaire and contrarian behind some of the world's most powerful and disruptive technology companies. Reilly uses Thiel's own words to illuminate the world view of the man who co-founded PayPal and Palantir, became both the first outside investor in Facebook and the first institutional investor in the newly-legalizing marijuana industry, and is now a pledged Donald Trump delegate. "Players, Companies, Life" recounts the board meeting where Mark Zuckerberg turned down Yahoo's $1 billion offer for Facebook; proffers Thiel's brutal appraisals of tech giants; and tells how a chess grand master's strategy inspired his approach to investing. Above all, "Players" is an inspiring blueprint on the importance of optimism -and how to attain your goals.

92 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 12, 2016

Reviews

[omar · Rating 1 out of 5]

Peter Thiel is an interesting guy, but I think that most of what I read in this 1-hour book is very easily found on Wikipedia and reading a few quick Google articles. The compilation was helpful and well-structured, thus the 3 stars.

[Sadhana Pandey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Want to know about the guy, read something else.

[N · Rating 1 out of 5]

Waste of money. Read his wiki page instead.

[Haichen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick, concise read

It covers a range of topics using Thiel's quote from interview. Interesting and brief into his views on various topics.