03788cam a2200421 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000300009502000270012502000270015204000280017904100080020704200080021505000230022308200120024610000170025824500890027526400770036430000950044133600260053633700280056233800270059050400670061750504180068452017410110260000200284360000480286365000580291165000620296965000280303165000300305965100640308965100550315377601580320821924934BJBSDDR20250527155811.0ta210304s2021 nyua b 001 0beng  a 2021007920 a9781984878533 (hardcover) a1984878530 (hardcover) z9781984878540q(ebook) aDLCbengerdacDLCdDLC aeng apcc14aHG 172bT431C 202100a332.0921 aChafkin, Max14aThe contrarian : bPeter Thiel and Silicon Valley's pursuit of power /cMax Chafkin. 1aNew York :bPenguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC,c2021 axviii, 382 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : billustrations (chiefly color) ; c25 cm atextbtxt2rdacontent aunmediatedbn2rdamedia avolumebnc2rdacarrier aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 341-366) and index.0 aIntroduction Fuck you, world A strange, strange boy Hope you die World domination index Heinous activity Gray areas Hedging Inception R.I.P. good times The new military-industrial complex The absolute taboo Building the base Public intellectual, private reactionary Backup plans Out for Trump The Thiel theory of government Deportation force Evil list To the mat Back to the future Epilogue: You will live forever a"A biography of venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel, the enigmatic, controversial, and hugely influential power broker who sits at the dynamic intersection of tech, business, and politics Since the days of the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s, no industry has made a greater impact on the world than Silicon Valley. And few individuals have done more to shape Silicon Valley than billionaire venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel. From the technologies we use every day to the delicate power balance between Silicon Valley, Wall Street, and Washington, Thiel has been a behind-the-scenes operator influencing countless aspects of our contemporary way of life. But despite his power and the ubiquity of his projects, no public figure is quite so mysterious. In the first major biography of Thiel, Max Chafkin traces the trajectory of the innovator's singular life and worldview, from his upbringing as the child of immigrant parents and years at Stanford as a burgeoning conservative thought leader to his founding of PayPal and Palantir, early investment in Facebook and SpaceX, and relationships with fellow tech titans Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Eric Schmidt. The Contrarian illuminates the extent to which Thiel has sought to export his values to the corridors of power beyond Silicon Valley, including funding the lawsuit that bankrupted the blog Gawker to strenuously backing far-right political candidates, including Donald Trump for president in 2016. Eye-opening and deeply reported, The Contrarian is a revelatory biography of a one-of-a-kind leader and an incisive portrait of a tech industry whose explosive growth and power is both thrilling and fraught with controversy"--cProvided by publisher.10aThiel, Peter A.14aThiel, Peter A. q(Peter Andreas), d1967-  0aCapitalists and financierszUnited StatesvBiography. 4aCapitalistas y financieroszEstados Unidos vBiografías 0aPower (Social sciences) 4aPoder (Ciencias sociales) 0aSanta Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)vBiography. 4aValle de Santa Clara (California, Estados Unidos) 08iOnline version:aChafkin, Max.tThe contrariandNew York : Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]z9781984878540w(DLC) 2021007921