One week after the election, President-elect Trump’s White House staff is still being formed, but one familiar name has already surfaced: Peter Thiel. The PayPal co-founder has become one of the most controversial figures in Silicon Valley, thanks to his unusual and often alarming political views, as well as a recently revealed crusade to bankrupt Gawker Media through frivolous litigation, waged secretly over the course of a decade.
Most recently, Thiel caused a stir in tech circles with his outspoken support for Trump, expressed through a $1.25 million donation to the campaign as it hit a low point in October. With Trump’s transition team now assembling the incoming cabinet — and Thiel playing an active role in that transition — the...
via The Verge
