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As an investor-entrepreneur, I’ve always tried to be contrarian, to go against the crowd, to identify opportunities in places where people are not looking.
Peter Thiel
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Peter Thiel
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: October 11
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Frankfurt/Main
Peter Andreas Thiel
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