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Venture capitalist Peter Thiel, the first outside investor in Facebook, is a huge fan of J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series of fantasy books.
So much so that he held some of the Facebook shares he just sold through Tolkien-named entities, Lembas LLC and Rivendell One LLC.
Thiel's inner circle seems well aware of his fondness for Tolkien's world of elves and magic. One source who claims to be close to Thiel says there's an in-joke about his venture-capital firm, the Founders Fund, being nicknamed "The Precious." That's the name that the character Gollum used for the magical ring of power at the center of Lord of the Rings saga.
The broader world, too, has noted how fond Thiel seems of Tolkien-themed names. Thiel also runs Valar Ventures, an early-stage venture-capital firm focused on overseas investments. And he recently started Mithril Capital Management, a growth fund.
And in 2004, Thiel cofounded Palantir, a maker of information-analysis tools used by corporations and government agencies.
For the uninitiated: Lembas is a bread made by elves in Tolkien's fantasy world. Rivendell is an Elven city. The Valar are mythical spirits. Mithril is a magically strong metal. A palantir is a magical seeing stone.
词汇点拨：
1、fantasy n.幻想 v.幻想
例句:
A dreamlike musing or fantasy while awake, especially of the fulfillment of wishes or hopes.
白日梦醒时象梦的冥想或幻想，尤指期望或希望的实现。
2、elf 小精灵，小鬼
复数 elves
3、venture 风险投资
4、investment 投资
5、corporation 公司
6、mythical 神话的，虚构的
人物介绍：
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彼得·泰尔 - 人物简介
作为支付服务PayPal创始人，泰尔获得了巨额财富，并投身风险投资行业，投资对象包括Facebook、LinkedIn、Yelp和Friendster等。2008年总统竞选期间，泰尔是罗恩·保罗(Ron Paul)的铁杆粉丝。2009年早些时候，泰尔在一篇文章中指出，女性享有选举权是经济衰退的原因之一。泰尔还资助了数个研究项目，其中包括抗衰老研究和人工智能开发。
随着“创富神话”Facebook公司正式启动IPO，其外部投资者也逐渐走到了聚光灯下，其中最受瞩目的当数该公司的首位外部投资人——彼得·泰尔(Peter Thiel)。
泰尔2004年为当时估值不到500万美元的Facebook提供了50万美元启动资金，占10.2%的股份。尽管随后几年，泰尔卖掉了自己近一半的股份，剩余股份也因Facebook多轮融资而进一步稀释，但泰尔所持股份仍占3%左右。如果以Facebook上市后1000亿美元的市值计算，泰尔手中的股票价值有望达30亿美元，投资回报逾6000倍。 |
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发表于 2016-7-9 22:29:33