{
  "id": 4205695,
  "title": "Palantir Billionaire Peter Thiel Just Put 33% of His Portfolio Into These 3 Energy Stocks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/palantir-billionaire-peter-thiel-just-put-33-of-his-portfolio-into-4205695",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-28T15:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motley Fool",
    "slug": "motley-fool",
    "url": "https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/08/28/palantir-billionaire-peter-thiel-just-put-33-of-hi/?source=iedfolrf0000001"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Billionaire entrepreneur Peter Thiel has recently increased his portfolio allocation in three energy stocks, accounting for 33% of his total holdings. Thiel, known for his contrarian investment philosophy, co-founded PayPal in 1998, which transformed online payments into a mainstream e-commerce tool. Later, he co-founded Palantir Technologies, a data analytics firm that now serves government and corporate clients. Thiel's past investments include an early stake in Facebook, which later became Meta Platforms. His investment approach, as outlined in his book \"Zero to One,\" emphasizes creating monopolies through innovation and avoiding competition. Despite the hype surrounding artificial intelligence, Thiel remains skeptical about its transformative potential, opting instead for energy stocks in his latest portfolio shift.",
  "summary": "Peter Thiel is a billionaire venture capitalist most famous for co-founding PayPal and Palantir.",
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        "outlet": "Motley Fool",
        "title": "Billionaire Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Bought 8 New Stocks in Q2. They All Have a Common Theme.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/billionaire-tech-mogul-peter-thiel-bought-8-new-stocks-in-q2-they-all",
        "published": "2026-08-28T09:00:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Nasdaq Markets",
        "title": "Billionaire Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Bought 8 New Stocks in Q2. They All Have a Common Theme.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/billionaire-tech-mogul-peter-thiel-bought-8-new-stocks-in-q2-they-all-3936105",
        "published": "2026-08-28T09:20:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}