The Resource The contrarian : Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's pursuit of power, Max Chafkin
The contrarian : Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's pursuit of power, Max Chafkin
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- Summary
- "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"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii, 382 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781984878533
- Label
- The contrarian : Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's pursuit of power
- Title
- The contrarian
- Title remainder
- Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's pursuit of power
- Statement of responsibility
- Max Chafkin
- Subject
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- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Computers & information Technology
- Biographies
- Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography
- Power (Social sciences)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business
- Thiel, Peter, 1967-
- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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"--
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- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
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- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Chafkin, Max
- Dewey number
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- 332.092
- B
- Illustrations
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- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HG172.T46
- LC item number
- C43 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Thiel, Peter
- Capitalists and financiers
- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)
- Power (Social sciences)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Computers & information Technology
- Label
- The contrarian : Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's pursuit of power, Max Chafkin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- txt
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- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1232148629
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 382 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781984878533
- Lccn
- 2021007920
- Media category
- unmediated
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- rdamedia
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- Other physical details
- color portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1232148629
- Label
- The contrarian : Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's pursuit of power, Max Chafkin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1232148629
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 382 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781984878533
- Lccn
- 2021007920
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- color portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1232148629
Subject
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Computers & information Technology
- Biographies
- Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography
- Power (Social sciences)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business
- Thiel, Peter, 1967-
- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology
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