Zillionaire Peter Thiel moves to Argentina

[on the brink]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/world/americas/peter-thiel-argentina.html

 

[Frank2000]

"Mr. Thiel, who has vehemently opposed taxes in the United States, grew more interested in Argentina after California political groups began discussing a voter initiative that would apply a 5 percent tax on the assets of the state’s billionaires." Assumption here is he would pay less taxes in Argentina, is that right? Sounds like just another propaganda. Rich people buy properties in other countries all the time. He is just leaking the false idea that this is because of the proposed CA wealth tax. I call a BS.

 

[Ries]

I find it amusing that in New York, they think he has moved to the end of the earth, while picking the neighborhood in Buenos Aires that is the least Argentine, and most like the USA suburbs. Private cops, no services, no stores, tall fences and expensive cars. That house could be in Beverly Hills.

 

[JMHarris]

I find it amusing that in New York, they think he has moved to the end of the earth, while picking the neighborhood in Buenos Aires that is the least Argentine, and most like the USA suburbs. Private cops, no services, no stores, tall fences and expensive cars. That house could be in Beverly Hills.

And very much like the good old Swakopmund of his childhood.

 

[FrankPintor]

"Mr. Thiel, who has vehemently opposed taxes in the United States, grew more interested in Argentina after California political groups began discussing a voter initiative that would apply a 5 percent tax on the assets of the state’s billionaires." Assumption here is he would pay less taxes in Argentina, is that right? Sounds like just another propaganda. Rich people buy properties in other countries all the time. He is just leaking the false idea that this is because of the proposed CA wealth tax. I call a BS.

Except that our apartheid baby (yes, another one) is not just buying property, he's moving his family here:

https://www.ft.com/content/3d7ab893-1842-4c6c-a3d9-26871d79dde4?syn-25a6b1a6=1

"Thiel, the founder of data intelligence group Palantir, plans to spend roughly three months in Argentina initially and has enrolled his children in a local private school, said two people familiar with his plans.

Since arriving in Buenos Aires in April, Thiel has attended a Superclásico football match between the city’s two biggest teams and spent a Saturday at a local chess club, placing third in a tournament. Thiel told the club’s surprised young players he hoped to return, according to one member.

Thiel has purchased a six-bedroom mansion in Palermo Chico, a leafy central neighbourhood full of embassies. He has also bought land to build a home near Punta del Este, a Uruguayan beach town popular with Argentina’s wealthy, said one person familiar with his plans".

(I'm apparently not supposed to quote from the FT, @admin, if it's inappropriate, please delete, and I shall try to find another way to make my point).

An actual vampire in our midst (or a practitioner of "parabiosis" as it's now apparently known): https://www.inc.com/jeff-bercovici/peter-thiel-young-blood.html

I don't believe that any of the millionaires created by PayPal has actually created anything themselves. They play the IPO casino, win big, buy up distressed startups with amazing ideas, throw their founders out, and take the credit.

It's interesting that the "digital twin" project of the cowardly liar at the head of Mincaphum is happening at the same time as the apartheid baby's arrival here: https://www.infobae.com/tecno/2024/...MInIG5jqHflAMVVkFIAB0F8yxlEAAYASAAEgJtKvD_BwE. Coincidence?

 

[Rich One]

Perhaps Milei has hired Thiel to use AI to predict/influence voters reaction to certain economic/political measures in different consumer socioeconomic groups and model real time the negative image impact.