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Forbes declares Peter Thiel "single," which may be news to his boyfriend

In its latest list of billionaire bachelors, Forbes lists Facebook investor and hedge fund Midas Peter Thiel as "single." Technically true, I'll give the magazine's factchecker that much, if it means "confirmed bachelor." Thanks to California's marriage laws, he doesn't have much choice in the matter. In fact, I hear Thiel is getting less single every day. One tipster close to his hedge fund, Clarium Capital, shares this rumor: that Thiel may have hired his boyfriend, Matt Danzeisen, away from BlackRock Securities, thereby discarding plans to relocate the fund's headquarters to New York. Aside from being convenient for the pair, it would seem like a good career move for Danzeisen.

We hear Clarium's holdings are up 30 percent in a year, from $3 billion to $5 billion. For hedge funds, the standard deal is that the managers keep 20 percent of profits, which means Thiel's take would come to $400 million. Has anyone on Wall Street been posting those kinds of numbers lately?

6:00 AM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By Owen Thomas
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raincoaster at 07:35 AM on 04/09/08
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Hearst Magazines does this, too. Half the Cosmo Hot Bachelors have been gay, if not more. But on the other hand technically they have a point; they haven't married.
sample032 at 08:05 AM on 04/09/08
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Last I checked, California's marriage/domestic partnership laws aren't fair to heterosexual couples, either--I can't get a domestic partnership with a woman not collecting social security. Legislators hate straight people, too.
Dweezil at 08:10 AM on 04/09/08
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Forbes is the People magazine of the business world, BusinessWeek is Tiger Beat. The only people that take Forbes seriously are the people who don't have money.
Pikers at 08:12 AM on 04/09/08
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You know, Jimmy Wales could score both money and sex off this guy. JimbHo, you game?
matto at 08:24 AM on 04/09/08
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@Pikers: news flash: jimbo's old meme.
Pikers at 08:46 AM on 04/09/08
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@matto: Bet you'd like a little Thiel of a Peter!
matto at 09:32 AM on 04/09/08
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@Pikers: Do your comments ever make sense?
Pikers at 10:07 AM on 04/09/08
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@matto: Only to those with at least half a brain, a modicum of social skills and a sense of humor. Sorry to have excluded you. =P
sample032 at 10:09 AM on 04/09/08
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@Dweezil: You know a media outlet isn't particularly insightful when regular people are somewhat impressed by it.
Dweezil at 10:37 AM on 04/09/08
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@sample032: It's not really that, people are impressed by the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal too. It's that Forbes is basically a gossip/bullshit magazine that post 50 little "lists" in each issue. It doesn't help that Steve Forbes is an idiot, but they write nothing that is insightful, they aren't quick enough to cover breaking news, they have very few people working for them who are credible portfolio managers/institutional investors, and in general most of their original stories do not relate to the business world at all. I don't understand how they still have an air of credibility amongst the "masses" when it's basically the business Men's Health.
supernoob at 11:30 AM on 04/09/08
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I'd hit it, but I'm not a homewrecker.
omnomnomnom at 12:25 PM on 04/09/08
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Don't you know? All gay guys are "confirmed bachelors" in Steve Forbes' crazy ultra-conservative alternate universe.
rumourone at 08:27 AM on 04/10/08
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Well, everyone who knows Peter knows he is gay. Now I don't know if this is true or not, heard it through the grapevine, but I HEARD that he was cheating on Matt with a guy named Dave. Not sure if it's true or not. But you how we are in this town, there are EYES everywhere!
fishneversleep at 04:21 PM on 04/10/08
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@rumourone: He's also obsessed with robots, but no one writes about that.
rumourone at 08:59 AM on 04/11/08
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Do you think he has one of those real dolls, a boy one, that he made into a robot?

"Peter, Oh Peter, I'm feeling pressure, not so hard big boy."

If I was a gay man I would probably choose one that looked like Peter.
rumourone at 10:38 AM on 04/11/08
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Look at Peter, he is gorgeous. Maybe I could convert him...HUmmmm. I know for sure mine is tighter than Matt's. I only do deposits on my account.

OH OK, well, there was that one night we were sipping B&B and I turned into a gay man for just a few minutes. Thank goodness for overdraft protection.

PETER LISTEN HONEY! LISTEN. TWO HOLES ARE BETTER THAN ONE! GIVE US ANOTHER CHANCE!
rumourone at 10:42 AM on 04/11/08
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I meant "withdrawls", dangit! OH Peter, us girls just get so frustrated to see one of the good ones get away.
rumourone at 10:46 AM on 04/11/08
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did i just say "withdrawl"? Boy I really screwed this up. I'm firing myself.
Robert Synnott at 12:17 PM on 04/11/08
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While I find it comforting that it is possible to be a gay VC, I worry that possibly it is only possible if you have seriously deranged political views, a la Thiel. :)