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Thiel keeps three quarters of his net worth in illiquid tech stocks

“I probably, three quarters of my net worth is in illiquid tech stocks in Silicon Valley, and it's because I believe there's a giant bubble centered on government bonds, and this is the furthest I can get from it.”

Peter Thiel Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 37:09 a16z Podcast | The (Definite) Optimism of Peter Thiel

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Thiel: Founders Fund invested in SpaceX in 2008

“We ended up investing in SpaceX as Founders Fund in oh eight, sort of six years into the process, and people thought we were crazy to invest six years after they'd gotten started.”

Peter Thiel Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 31:43 a16z Podcast | The (Definite) Optimism of Peter Thiel

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Thiel: Founders Fund has started exploring investments in nuclear power

“We've, you know, we've started to look at, we've started to look at this, yeah. It's definitely, yeah, it's all these challenges with it, but we've started to look at it.”

Peter Thiel Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 45:44 a16z Podcast | The (Definite) Optimism of Peter Thiel

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