Like the Valar in the J.R.R. Tolkien books he loves so much—he’s named six companies with terms drawn from the fantasy novels—Thiel is mysterious, powerful, and a little incomprehensible.

Source: Facebook Investor Peter Thiel Just Revealed What A Huge 'Lord Of The Rings' Fan He Is Thiel is best known today as a venture capitalist. His VC firm, Founders Fund, had a manifesto that ...