Thiel Foundation

Leadership & Staff

Jamie Cox

• Thiel Fellow

Danielle Strachman Charter School founder and Peter Associate Thiel 

• program director ('10→'15)

Dale Stephens

• Thiel Fellow

Nick Arnett Founder of Waypaver Foundation

• Summit Community Development Manager ('12→'15)

Renee DiResta Research Manager, Stanford Internet Observatory

• Former Fellow ('12→'16)*

David Luan Thiel Fellow

• Fellow

John Marbach Thiel Fellow

• Fellow

Andrew Hsu Thiel Fellow

• Fellow ('10→?)

Owners

Peter Thiel Billionaire venture capitalist, PayPal and Palantir Cofounder; Chess prodigy

• Owner

Board Members

Blake Masters COO, Thiel Capital; US Senate candidate from Arizona

• President

Donations

Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) Formerly Singularity Institute for AI

• Donation · 1,627,000 USD*

Child Organizations

Breakout Labs grant-making body operating as part of the Thiel Foundation

• Child Org

Parents

Thiel Fellowship The Thiel Fellowship gives $100,000 to young people who want to build new things instead of sitting in a classroom.

• a program