Peter Thiel attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid 

Peter Thiel attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid 

Applicants attend a media event where German Economy Minister Brigitte Zypries will present Germany's first female astronauts at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, April 19, 2017. Pictured are Nicola Baumann, Magdalena Pree, Susanne Peters, Suzanna Randall, Lisa Haas and Insa Thiele-Eich. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Applicants pose for a picture during a media event where German Economy Minister Brigitte Zypries will present Germany's first female astronauts at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, April 19, 2017. Pictured are Nicola Baumann, Magdalena Pree, Susanne Peters, Suzanna Randall, Lisa Haas and Insa Thiele-Eich. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (2ndR) sits with Vice President-elect Mike Pence (2ndL) PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel (R) and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg during a meeting with technology leaders at Trump Tower in New York, U.S., December 14, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (C) sits with Vice President-elect Mike Pence (2ndL) PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel (2ndR), Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook (R) and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg during a meeting with technology leaders at Trump Tower in New York, U.S., December 14, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks while PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel and Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook look on during a meeting with technology leaders at Trump Tower in New York U.S., December 14, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump sits with PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel, during a meeting with technology leaders at Trump Tower in New York U.S., December 14, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump sits with PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel, Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook, Oracle CEO Safra Catz and Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk during a meeting with technology leaders at Trump Tower in New York U.S., December 14, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks as PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel (C) and Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook look on during a meeting with technology leaders at Trump Tower in New York U.S., December 14, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks as (2nd L to R) PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel, Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook and Oracle CEO Safra Catz look on during a meeting with technology leaders at Trump Tower in New York U.S., December 14, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks as PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel and Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook look on during a meeting with technology leaders at Trump Tower in New York U.S., December 14, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks as PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel (C) and Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook look on during a meeting with technology leaders at Trump Tower in New York U.S., December 14, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 

Peter Thiel arrives to meet with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid 

Businessman Peter Thiel makes the honorary first move in the rapid chess playoff match between Sergey Karjakin of Russia (L) and current World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway (R) at the 2016 World Chess Championship match in New York, U.S., November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Kauzlarich 

Entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel exits an elevator after a meeting at Trump Tower in New York, U.S. November 16, 2016. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel delivers his speech on the U.S. presidential election at the National Press Club in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron 

PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel delivers his speech on the U.S. presidential election at the National Press Club in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron 

PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel delivers his speech on the U.S. presidential election at the National Press Club in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron 

PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel delivers his speech on the U.S. presidential election at the National Press Club in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron 

PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel delivers his speech on the U.S. presidential election at the National Press Club in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron 

PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel delivers his speech on the U.S. presidential election at the National Press Club in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron 

PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel delivers his speech on the U.S. presidential election at the National Press Club in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron 

PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel delivers his speech on the U.S. presidential election at the National Press Club in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron 

PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel delivers his speech on the U.S. presidential election at the National Press Club in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron 

Fooball Soccer - Bayer 04 Leverkusen - German Bundesliga - BayArena - Leverkusen, Germany - 25/07/16. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's players and staff during team line-up. First row (L-R): Chicharito, Charles Aranguiz, Wendell, Ramazan Oezcan, Karim Bellarabi, Niklas Lomb, Robbie Kruse, Kevin Kampl, Hakan Calhanoglu. Second row L-R: Roger Schmidt, Oliver Bartlett, Markus Kroesche, Kevin Volland, Roberto Hilbert, Julian Brandt, Tin Jedvaj, Andre Ramalho, Benjamin Henrichs, Lars Kornetka, David Thiel, Schahriar Bigdeli. Third row L-R: team doctor Philipp Ehrenstein, Sven Elsinger, Steffen Lutz, Joel Pohjanpalo, Admir Mehmedi, Julian Baumgartlinger, Lukas Boeder, Hans-Peter Lehnhoff, Klaus Zoeller, coach Daniel Jouvin. Fourth row L-R: Karl Heinrich Dittmar, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Levin Oeztunali, Oemer Toprak, Malcolm Cacutalua, Stefan Kiessling, Danny Da Costa, Lars Bender, Vladeln Yurchenko. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski 

Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., July 21 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., July 21 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Tiffany Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump applaud PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young 

Tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

Tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Tiffany Trump and Donald Trump Jr. listen to a speech by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young 

Tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni 

Tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Protesters rallying against police violence storm a lecture with PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel at the University of California at Berkeley campus in Berkeley, California December 10, 2014. More than 100 people marched peacefully for several hours before some began breaking windows, looting a cell phone store and spray painting graffiti. REUTERS/Noah Berger (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST EDUCATION) 

Protesters rallying against police violence storm a lecture with PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel at the University of California at Berkeley campus in Berkeley, California December 10, 2014. Police said more than 100 demonstrators marched in Berkeley, California, which has a history of social activism. Under cloudy skies, turnout was smaller than earlier in the week, when demonstrators in the area threw rocks at police and shut down a major freeway. REUTERS/Noah Berger (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST EDUCATION) 

Protesters rallying against police violence storm a lecture with PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel at the University of California at Berkeley campus in Berkeley, California December 10, 2014.Police said more than 100 demonstrators marched in Berkeley, California, which has a history of social activism. Under cloudy skies, turnout was smaller than earlier in the week, when demonstrators in the area threw rocks at police and shut down a major freeway. REUTERS/Noah Berger (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST EDUCATION) 

Protesters rallying against police violence storm a lecture with PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel at the University of California at Berkeley campus in Berkeley, California December 10, 2014. Police said more than 100 demonstrators marched in Berkeley, California, which has a history of social activism. Under cloudy skies, turnout was smaller than earlier in the week, when demonstrators in the area threw rocks at police and shut down a major freeway. REUTERS/Noah Berger (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST EDUCATION) 

(L-R) Moderator Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch professor of history at Harvard University, Mitchell Julis, co-chairman and co-CEO of Canyon Partners LLC and Peter Thiel, partner of Founders Fund take part in a panel discussion titled "When Past Performance Is a Guide: Using History to Make Sense of the Post-Crisis World" at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California May 1, 2013. REUTERS/Photographers Name (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Peter Thiel, partner of Founders Fund, takes part in a panel discussion titled "When Past Performance Is a Guide: Using History to Make Sense of the Post-Crisis World" at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California May 1, 2013. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Peter Thiel, partner of Founders Fund, takes part in a panel discussion titled "When Past Performance Is a Guide: Using History to Make Sense of the Post-Crisis World" at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California May 1, 2013. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Peter Thiel, partner of Founders Fund, speaks during the panel discussion "In Tech We Trust? A Debate with Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen" at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Peter Thiel, partner of Founders Fund, speaks during the panel discussion "In Tech We Trust? A Debate with Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen" at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Peter Thiel, partner of Founders Fund, speaks during the panel discussion "In Tech We Trust? A Debate with Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen" at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Peter Thiel, partner of Founders Fund, speaks during the panel discussion "In Tech We Trust? A Debate with Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen" at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Marc Andreessen, co-founder and partner of Andreessen Horowitz, moderator Martin Giles (C), U.S. technology correspondent for The Economist, and Peter Thiel, partner of the Founders Fund, speak during the panel discussion "In Tech We Trust? A Debate with Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen" at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS MEDIA) 

Marc Andreessen, co-founder and partner of Andreessen Horowitz, speaks during the panel discussion "In Tech We Trust? A Debate with Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen" at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Marc Andreessen, co-founder and partner of Andreessen Horowitz, speaks during the panel discussion "In Tech We Trust? A Debate with Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen" at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Marc Andreessen, co-founder and partner of Andreessen Horowitz, speaks during the panel discussion "In Tech We Trust? A Debate with Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen" at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Marc Andreessen, co-founder and partner of Andreessen Horowitz, speaks during the panel discussion "In Tech We Trust? A Debate with Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen" at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Peter Thiel, entrepreneur and co-founder of PayPal, holds a news conference on "nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to economic research and innovative public policies for the 21st century" at the National Press Club in Washington October 3, 2011. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Peter Thiel, entrepreneur and co-founder of PayPal, holds a news conference on "nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to economic research and innovative public policies for the 21st century" at the National Press Club in Washington October 3, 2011. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Peter Thiel, entrepreneur and co-founder of PayPal, holds a news conference on "nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to economic research and innovative public policies for the 21st century" at the National Press Club in Washington October 3, 2011. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Peter Thiel, entrepreneur and co-founder of PayPal, speaks during a news conference on "nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to economic research and innovative public policies for the 21st century" at the National Press Club in Washington October 3, 2011. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Peter Thiel, entrepreneur and co-founder of PayPal, speaks during a news conference on "nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to economic research and innovative public policies for the 21st century" at the National Press Club in Washington October 3, 2011. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Peter Thiel, entrepreneur and co-founder of PayPal, speaks during a news conference on "nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to economic research and innovative public policies for the 21st century" at the National Press Club in Washington October 3, 2011. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)