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  1. Key Developments for Facebook as Public Company

    Wed, 1 May 2013

    price falls below $19, before bouncing back to close at $20.01. In a regulatory filing, it's disclosed that Peter Thiel , one of Facebook's earliest investors and a member of its board, was among the insiders selling stock after the lock-up

  2. Facebook Stock: Mark Zuckerberg Promises Improvement

    Tue, 11 Sep 2012

    On Tuesday, Facebook stock closed up about 3 percent to $19.43. Facebook's first big investor, board member Peter Thiel , sold about 20 million Facebook shares last month, but last week, Zuckerberg said he won't sell any of his stock

  3. Facebook stock falls on its face, but don't count it out

    Fri, 31 Aug 2012

    Facebook's share price as the supply of shares overwhelms buyers. Heavy selling by insiders, including early investor Peter Thiel and co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, isn't encouraging investors who might think the shares are cheap. "Selling by

  4. Groupon, Facebook Lead 8 Most Disappointing Recent IPOs

    Wed, 22 Aug 2012

    shares closed down over 6 percent to $19.87, a new low at the time. On Monday, regulatory filings showed that Peter Thiel , Facebook's first big investor, sold most of his holdings while he remains a board member. On Tuesday, shares fell

  5. Expect more insider selling of Facebook stock

    Tue, 21 Aug 2012

    But those sales can be misleading. Peter Thiel , an early backer of Facebook FB stock. It was disclosed Monday that Thiel dumped more than 14 million shares 6.8 million shares in August. Peter Thiel is a partner of the Founders Fund

  6. More Consumers Paying Their Loans on Time

    Tue, 21 Aug 2012

    those with poor credit histories. Peter Thiel has almost unfriended Facebook board. A regulatory filing shows Thiel sold most of his Facebook shares 69, far below the IPO price. But Thiel made out well. He invested $500

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  1. Facebook shares plunge as insiders start to sell

    Thu, 16 Aug 2012

    Firms ranging from Accel Partners to Goldman Sachs, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus and Facebook board members James Breyer, Peter Thiel and Reid Hoffman were among those free to sell stock they own, after the lifting of a ban known as a lock-up period

  2. Facebook shares plunging as insiders start to sell

    Thu, 16 Aug 2012

    the stock to a buy this week. Big investors with the newly unlocked shares, including Microsoft, Facebook director Peter Thiel and venture capitalists, aren't likely to dump shares just because they can, Harding says. "They will work with

  3. More Facebook shares hit market as insiders allowed to sell

    Wed, 15 Aug 2012

    the stock to a buy this week. Big investors with the newly unlocked shares, including Microsoft, Facebook director Peter Thiel and venture capitalists, aren't likely to dump shares just because they can, Harding says. "They will work with

  4. Web-based education tries to get more social

    Mon, 16 Jul 2012

    says Lore has raised $6 million, with investments from former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel , who used Lore to teach "Computer Science 183: Start-up" at Stanford University this past spring.

  5. Facebook names Sandberg to board

    Mon, 25 Jun 2012

    Sandberg, 42, joins CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Netflix chief Reed Hastings and entrepreneurs Marc Andreessen, James Breyer and Peter Thiel . Also on the board are Donald Graham, CEO of The Washington Post Co., and Erskine Bowles, president emeritus of

  6. How to find out who is unloading shares of an IPO

    Mon, 21 May 2012

    company's votes. Other big shareholders are also listed in the filing including Sheryl Sandberg, Marc Andreessen, Peter Thiel , Accel Partners and Microsoft. Understanding how to find out who owns what portion of a company is a critical skill

  7. Meet the New Facebook Millionaires

    Wed, 16 May 2012

    according to Morningstar IPO analyst Jim Krapfel. Peter Thiel PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel was Facebook's first outside investor. The According to Morningstar IPO analyst Jim Krapfel, Thiel owns 44.7 million shares of the company, earning

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  1. Peter Thiel : Going After Higher Education

    Sat, 28 May 2011

    conclusion. Teel wasn't derivatives trader before co founding PayPal at 31 years old so how did you come up. we were. Trying to turned out to be a winning it is an understatement. He gave up PayPal in 2002 for one and a half billion dollars personally earnings

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    to be a winning -- it is an understatement. He gave up PayPal in 2002 for one and a half billion dollars personally earnings -- 55 million. Some of which He used to invest in
  2. Nightline (05.27.11)

    Sat, 28 May 2011

    Peter Thiel , Quaggas, Grilling Platelist

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  3. PHOTO: PayPal founder David Thiel
  4. PHOTO: Peter Thiel, head of Clarium Capital Management LLC and founding investor in PayPal Inc. and Facebook Inc., speaks to attendees at the Commonwealth Club
  1. PHOTO: PayPal billionaire Peter Thiel recently started a $2 million fund to get college students younger than 20 to drop out of school and start a business with $100,000 each.

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