These Thiel Fellows will each receive $100,000 and a wealth of mentorship provided they forgo or drop out of college during the program's two years. Peter Thiel founded this program in 2011 on the ...

Peter Thiel has recently announced the 2014 class of new Thiel Fellows. The fourth set of young entrepreneurs to be awarded Thiel Fellowships, the fellows will receive support to bring their ...

Most recently, he caused a stir by establishing the Thiel Fellowship, which will select 20 college students under the age of 20 and pay them $100,000 each to drop out of college and embark on ...

A lot of people raised eyebrows when billionaire investor Peter Thiel when he first brought up the idea of the Thiel Fellowship in 2010. He wanted to pay 20 teenagers $100,000 each to drop out of ...

Peter Thiel is offering a $100,000 fellowship to young entrepreneurs who drop out of college. While it's tempting, Scott Galloway reveals why it is awful advice. Following is a transcription of ...

Peter Thiel is trying harder than ever to get young people to skip college. Since 2010, Thiel, an early Facebook investor and a founder of PayPal Holdings, has offered to pay students $100,000 to ...

One can imagine that being a successful founder requires putting razor-like focus on a particular problem until it's solved, ...

His anti-university Thiel Fellowship remains an unorthodox engine for young entrepreneurs. And then there’s politics. Thiel’s unabashed libertarian conservatism—combined with his billions of ...

and started the Thiel Fellowship. He's an outspoken libertarian and generous donator to the Republican Party. Musk's business strategies have come under scrutiny since he was appointed to head the ...