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  "title": "Peter Thiel Was an Early Outside Investor in Facebook and Co-Founded Both PayPal and Palantir Before Building a Hedge Fund Now Concentrated in Power and Energy Stocks. Here's What That Track Record Says About Following His Contrarian Bets.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/peter-thiel-was-an-early-outside-investor-in-facebook-and-co-founded",
  "topic": "finance",
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  "published": "2026-10-05T02:15:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "Peter Thiel has scored some big wins as a tech investor and company founder, but that doesn't mean everything he touches will turn to gold.",
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        "title": "Peter Thiel Was an Early Outside Investor in Facebook and Co-Founded Both PayPal and Palantir Before Building a Hedge Fund Now Concentrated in Power and Energy Stocks. Here's What That Track Record Says About Following His Contrarian Bets.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/peter-thiel-was-an-early-outside-investor-in-facebook-and-co-founded-12063511",
        "published": "2026-10-05T02:35:00.000Z"
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