Jim Goetz, Peter Fenton, Jim Breyer: Top 6 Venture Investors for 2014

No. 4: Peter Thiel

One of Facebook’s earliest investors and PayPal co-founder Thiel continues to prove that he has a golden touch. Palantir Technologies, which he also helped co-found, was valued at $9 billion at the end of 2013, bringing Thiel’s share – approximately 12% – at a whopping $1 billion.