The Thiel Foundation was created and funded by what philanthropist who was ranked No. 4 on the Forbes Midas List of 2014?
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Thiel Foundation The Thiel Foundation is a private foundation created and funded by billionaire Peter Thiel, known as a co-founder of PayPal and early investor in Facebook.
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Peter Thiel Peter Andreas Thiel ( ; born October 11, 1967) is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, philanthropist, political activist, and author. He was ranked No. 4 on the "Forbes" Midas List of 2014, with a net worth of $2.2 billion, and No. 246 on the "Forbes" 400 in 2016, with a net worth of $2.7 billion.
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Jeffrey J. Rothschild Jeffrey Jackiel Rothschild is an American billionaire who co-founded of several companies. He is a founding engineer and large shareholder of Facebook.
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Emil Michael Emil G. Michael (Arabic: إيميل مايكل‎ ‎ ; born September 19, 1972) is an Egyptian-born American businessman. A former White House Fellow, and executive at Tellme Networks, Michael served as a special assistant to Robert Gates from 2009 until 2011. In July 2012 he became Chief Operating Officer of Klout, which he left to join Uber as Vice President of Business in September 2013. He was named by the magazine Fast Company as 46th on its list of the "100 of the most creative business people" in 2014. In June 2017, Emil left his position at Uber after 4 years at the company.
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Ted Alfond Ted Alfond (born 1945) is an American investor, philanthropist, and billionaire.
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Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award The Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award, known until 2009 as the Mary Woodard Lasker Public Service Award, is awarded by the Lasker Foundation to honor an individual or organization whose public service has profoundly enlarged the possibilities for medical research and the health sciences and their impact on the health of the public. The award, worth $250,000, is presented in odd-numbered years to a winner selected from among policy makers, journalists, philanthropists, advocates, scientists, and public health professionals. It is named after the philanthropists Albert Lasker and Michael R. Bloomberg.
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Fuad El-Hibri Fuad El-Hibri (born March 2, 1958) is a German-American businessman and philanthropist, and founder of Emergent BioSolutions.
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Peter Buffett Peter Andrew Buffett (born May 4, 1958) is an American musician, composer, author and philanthropist. With an acclaimed career that spans more than 30 years, Peter is an Emmy Award winner, New York Times best-selling author and co-chair of the NoVo Foundation. He is the youngest son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett.
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Koch family foundations The Koch family foundations are a group of charitable foundations in the United States associated with the family of Fred C. Koch. The most prominent of these are the Charles Koch Foundation and the David H. Koch Charitable Foundation, created by Charles Koch and David Koch, two sons of Fred C. Koch who own the majority of Koch Industries, an oil, gas, paper, and chemical conglomerate which is the US's second-largest privately held company. Charles' and David's foundations have provided millions of dollars to a variety of organizations, including libertarian and conservative think tanks. Areas of funding include think tanks, political advocacy, climate change scepticism, higher education scholarships, cancer research, arts, and science.
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Richard M. Schulze Richard Michael Schulze (born January 1941) is an American businessman. He is the founder of Best Buy and previously served as chairman and CEO. On the "Forbes" 2016 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #722 with a net worth of US$2.4 billion.
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Nancy Lerner Nancy Lerner (born 1953) is an American investor, philanthropist, and billionaire.
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Daniel A. D'Aniello Daniel Anthony D’Aniello (born September 14, 1946) is an American businessman. He is the cofounder and chairman of the Carlyle Group, a private equity firm headquartered in Washington, D.C..
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Dariusz Miłek Dariusz Miłek (born 1 February 1968) is a Polish businessman and entrepreneur, ranked the fourth-wealthiest person in Poland by "Forbes" magazine in 2015. He is the chairman of , Poland's largest retail company.
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Thiel Fellowship The Thiel Fellowship (originally named 20 under 20) is a fellowship created by Peter Thiel through the Thiel Foundation. The fellowship is intended for students under the age of 23 and offers them a total of $100,000 over two years, as well as guidance and other resources, to drop out of school and pursue other work, which could involve scientific research, creating a startup, or working on a social movement. Selection for the fellowship is through a competitive annual process, with about 20–25 fellows selected annually. It has a selection rate below 1%.
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Clemmie Spangler Clemmie Dixon Spangler Jr. (born April 5, 1932), usually known as C. D. Spangler or Dick Spangler, is an American billionaire who served as the President of the University of North Carolina from 1986 to 1997. He heads National Gypsum. On the "Forbes" 2016 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #722 with a net worth of US$2.4 billion.
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Paul Soros Paul Soros (Hungarian: "Soros Pál" ; June 5, 1926 – June 15, 2013) was a Hungarian-born American mechanical engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist. Soros founded Soros Associates, which designs and develops bulk handling and port facilities. Soros Associates currently operates in ninety-one countries worldwide, as of 2013. Paul Soros was the older brother of George Soros, a successful businessman and financier.
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Shlomo Rechnitz Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz (born July 29, 1971) is an American businessman. He is the founder of TwinMed and owner of Brius Healthcare Services. He lives in the State of California. He is a billionaire with an estimated net worth of US$2.4 billion.
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Karl-Heinz Kipp Karl-Heinz Kipp (born 1924) is the German billionaire founder of the Massa chain of German department stores and, having since sold the business whilst keeping the property, has a large property portfolio. In 2015 "Forbes" estimated his net wealth at $5.1 billion.
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Peter S. Kraus Peter S. Kraus is an American businessman, philanthropist and art collector. He served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AllianceBernstein (AB) from 2008 through 2017. AB is a global asset management firm with about US$400 billion under management listed on the New York Stock Exchange as . He formerly worked for Goldman Sachs for two decades. He is one of the largest collectors of contemporary art in the world.
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Bradley Tusk Bradley Tusk (born October 3, 1973) is an American businessman, venture capitalist, philanthropist, political strategist, and writer. He is the founder and CEO of Tusk Holdings, a multi-faceted platform featuring multiple businesses (Tusk Ventures, Tusk Strategies, Ivory Gaming, Kronos Archives), politics, philanthropy, and writing and commentary.
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Midas List The "Forbes" Midas list is the annual ranking by "Forbes" magazine of the best dealmakers in high-tech and life science venture capital. It uses parameters including the first-day market capitalization of IPOs, and the opinions of a panel of experts.
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Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie ( , but commonly or ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist.