Peter Thiel in conversation with Peter Guber at Live Talks Los Angeles
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 Published On Oct 7, 2014

Peter Thiel was interviewed by Peter Guber at Live Talks Los Angeles on October 2, 2014 on the occasion of the release of his book, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future (co-authored by Blake Masters). The talk took place at The Moss Theatre at New Roads School. For more on Live Talks LA, visit www.livetalksla.org

Peter Thiel first gained attention for innovations in banking and startup finance. In 1998, Thiel made e-commerce easier, faster, and more secure by co-founding and leading PayPal, which now has more than 128 million active financial accounts. In 2002, PayPal sold to eBay and he founded a global macro fund, Clarium. He works to accelerate innovation by identifying and funding promising technology ideas and by guiding successful companies to scale and dominate their industries.

In 2004, he co-founded Palantir Technologies, which offers platforms for finance companies and intelligence, defense, and law enforcement communities to integrate, visualize, and analyze the world’s information. In the same year, he made the first outside investment in Facebook, whose board he serves on, and now has more than a billion active members.

Peter Guber is Chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment Group. Prior to Mandalay, Guber was Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Chairman and CEO of Polygram Entertainment, Co-Founder of Casablanca Record & Filmworks and President of Columbia Pictures. Guber produced or executive produced (personally or through his companies) films that garnered five Best Picture Academy Award nominations (winning for Rain Man) and box office hits that include The Color Purple, Midnight Express, Batman, Flashdance, The Kids Are All Right and Soul Surfer. Peter Guber is Owner and Co-Executive Chairman of the Golden State Warriors, and an Owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is Chairman of Dick Clark Productions, Chairman of Mandalay Digital Group and Chairman of Mandalay Sports Media. Guber is an Entertainment and Media Analyst for Fox Business News and a full professor at UCLA. He is the author of the #1 NYT bestseller, Tell to Win.

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