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Peter Thiel

The Washington Whisperers

As the midterms roil, it’s increasingly clear that Washington creatures are more than ever operating at the behest of Silicon Valley’s political class: Thiel and Conway, of course, but also S.B.F., Jan Koum, Ryan Salame, and a new crop of other budding mega-donors and mega-influencers.
Theodore Schleifer • July 27, 2022
Theodore Schleifer • July 5, 2022
The Passion of S.B.F. & The Next MacKenzie
Nicole Shanahan
Notes on the crypto king’s web3 bailout and Semafor media ambitions. Plus my conversation with Nicole Shanahan, who could be the next MacKenzie Scott.
William D. Cohan • July 3, 2022
Will Trump Get Indicted?
Donald Trump
What the lawyers are saying. Plus notes on S.B.F.’s dip-buying moves and Elon Musk’s new competition.
MacKenzie Scott
Theodore Schleifer • June 28, 2022
Silicon D.C.’s Post-Crash Reckoning
The inside conversation about Elon’s beef with MacKenzie, S.B.F.’s investment in Semafor, and the true story behind Eric Schmidt and Peter Thiel’s military-industrial collaboration.
Sam Bankman-Fried
Theodore Schleifer • June 14, 2022
S.B.F.’s Media Dreams
Like previous mega-successful billionaires, the 30-year-old metal-haired crypto king is becoming media-curious. Plus new reporting from inside the Web3-political-fundraising industrial complex and some Harris-Biden fundraising dish.
Sam Bankman-Fried
Theodore Schleifer • May 18, 2022
Inside S.B.F.’s $12 Million Long Shot
Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried lost big on Tuesday despite airdropping a historic sum into a congressional race in Oregon. What was he thinking? The logic, the math, and the aftermath.
Yuri Milner
Theodore Schleifer • March 1, 2022
Yuri Milner’s Eastern Promises
Economic sanctions targeting Russia, and oligarch Alisher Usmanov, are raising new questions about Milner’s past financial partners. So far, he’s staying quiet.
Sam Bankman-Fried
Theodore Schleifer • February 16, 2022
The Notorious S.B.F.
Sam Bankman-Fried, the 29-year-old crypto zillionaire, epitomizes a new generation of mega-donors who blend big-money politics, applied math, and the reading list of a senior-year philosophy seminar. So naturally, he’s the hottest ticket in the most rarefied realms of philanthropy.
Mark Zuckerberg
Theodore Schleifer • December 21, 2021
Silicon Valley’s Biden Beef & Zuckerberg’s Hired Gun
Notes on the latest tech industry gossip, fundraising, and political power plays.