Peter Thiel is a billionaire entrepreneur and venture capitalist. A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, Founders Fund, he was the first investor in Facebook. Wikipedia
5 Books Recommended by Peter Thiel
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers is a 2014 book by Ben Horowitz.
4 recommenders
Dustin Moskovitz, Larry Page, Peter Thiel, and Mark Zuckerberg
“Every management guide presumes that all great companies follow a formula. But successful startups don’t imitate; they build innovations that can’t be copied. Ben Horowitz knows no recipe guarantees success. He has written the first true guide for protecting a startup from self-sabotage.” – Peter Thiel
Originals
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World is a 2016 book by Adam Grant.
1 recommender
Peter Thiel
“It can sometimes seem as if one must learn everything old before one can try anything new. Adam Grant does a masterful job showing that is not the case; we are lucky to have him as a guide.” – Peter Thiel
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged is a 1957 novel by Ayn Rand.
3 recommenders
Peter Thiel, Steve Jobs, and Travis Kalanick
“When I first read the book in the late 80s, it felt pretty crazy. And in the last decades, it’s in many ways felt much more correct.” – Peter Thiel (source)
100 Plus
100 Plus: How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Everything, From Careers and Relationships to Family and Faith is a 2011 book by Sonia Arrison.
1 recommender
Peter Thiel
“Its message is evergreen: how scientists are directly attacking the problem of aging and death and why we should fight for life instead of accepting decay as inevitable.” – Peter Thiel
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World is a 1978 book by Rene Girard.
1 recommender
Peter Thiel
“He’s the one writer who has influenced me the most and because many people haven’t heard of him. Girard gives a sweeping view of the whole human experience on this planet — something captured in the title of his masterwork, Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World.” – Peter Thiel (source)
Books Written by Peter Thiel
Zero to One
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future is a 2014 book by Peter Thiel, co-written with Blake Masters.
6 recommenders
Ben Horowitz, Dave Morin, Dustin Moskovitz, Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, and Mark Zuckerberg
The Diversity Myth
The Diversity Myth: Multiculturalism and Political Intolerance on Campus is a 1995 book by David O. Sacks and Peter Thiel.
