In November, virologist Beata Halassy announced to the world that she had cured her own breast cancer using a treatment ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Six hand-picked ‘Muskovites’, aged between 19 and 24 and with minimal government experience, are helping shut down USAid ...

Luke Farritor, a former SpaceX intern, now works in Elon Musks Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Farritor, who gained prominence for decoding an ancient papyrus, focuses on modernizing ...