In his 2014 book Zero to One, declared monarchy to be the best form of government.

Peter Thiel’s wealth primarily stems from early investments in high-growth technology companies, notably PayPal and Facebook, as well as co-founding Palantir Technologies. He also manages investments through his venture capital firm, Founders Fund, which has invested in companies like SpaceX and Airbnb.

Deportation Industrial Complex. Peter Thiel is the co-founder and chairman of Palantir, which has long been the corporate backbone of ICE’s immigrant surveillance and disappearance apparatus. The surveillance tech company, which Thiel owns a $15 billion stake in, provides the agency with key surveillance software to analyze massive amounts of personal data — phone numbers, addresses, financial information, social media profiles — to track and locate their targets. Without Palantir’s technology, ICE would not be able to find, detain, and deport as many people as they currently do.