Peter Thiel Fellows | Generated by AI
The Peter Thiel Fellowship has fostered a remarkable group of young innovators and entrepreneurs. Here are some of the most famous individuals who have been Thiel Fellows:
- Vitalik Buterin (2014): Co-founder of Ethereum, a major blockchain platform with a market capitalization of around $200 billion.
- Dylan Field (2012): Co-founder and CEO of Figma, a popular collaborative design software acquired by Adobe for approximately $20 billion.
- Austin Russell (2013): Founder and CEO of Luminar Technologies, a company developing lidar technology for autonomous vehicles. He became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire in 2021.
- Ritesh Agarwal (2013): Founder and CEO of OYO Rooms, a large hotel and hospitality service.
- Boyan Slat (2016): Founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, developing technologies to remove plastic pollution from the oceans.
- Lucy Guo (2014): Co-founder of Scale AI, a data infrastructure platform for AI, and founder of Passes.
- Laura Deming (2011): Founder and partner at the Longevity Fund, investing in companies focused on extending human lifespan.
- Dale J. Stephens (2011): Founder of Year On (formerly UnCollege), a platform promoting alternative education and self-directed learning.
- Taylor Wilson (2012): Gained recognition as the second youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion.
- William LeGate (2013): CEO of Pillow Fight; previously founded Good Pillow.
- Stacey Ferreira (2015): Co-founder of Forge, a platform for gig workers.
- Simon Tian (2015): Founder of Neptune and Fonus, consumer electronics companies.
- Cathy Tie (2015): Founder of Ranomics and a Partner at Cervin Ventures.
- Joey Krug (2016): Founder of the decentralized prediction market platform Augur, later co-CIO at Pantera Capital and a partner at Founders Fund.
- Shahed Khan (2017): Co-founder of Loom, Inc., a video messaging platform.
- Iddris Sandu (2018): Co-founder of Spatial Labs.
- Joshua Browder (2018): Founder and CEO of the legal tech startup DoNotPay.
- Erin Smith (2018): Creator of software to detect Parkinson’s Disease.
These individuals represent a diverse range of fields and have achieved significant success after receiving the Thiel Fellowship, demonstrating the program’s impact on fostering innovation and entrepreneurship among young people.