A recurring theme in Europe's tech world is that the region needs its own Google or Microsoft. Now comes the launch of a new ...

Like many billionaires, Peter Thiel is already benefiting from Donald Trump's second presidential win. His net worth jumped ...

More than two years ago, at age 19, Ethan Thornton dropped out an aerospace engineering program at MIT to begin R&D work on a ...

Foody, 21, won a Thiel Fellowship last year — the Peter Thiel-backed program that provides grants to young entrepreneurs, provided they drop out of school. At Mercor, “Revenue is expanding ...

Most recently, he caused a stir by establishing the Thiel Fellowship, which will select 20 college students under the age of 20 and pay them $100,000 each to drop out of college and embark on ...

The tech magnate has many links to the new Trump administration and the cost-slashing effort led by Elon Musk.

Back in 2009, the tech titan Peter Thiel laid out a sweeping vision for demolishing the government. Now he's getting what he ...