Saverin vs Thiel

Meta Platforms (Facebook) and Palantir.

The differences

Forbes puts Peter Thiel about $0.6B ahead of Eduardo Saverin.Forbes figures from 11 Oct 2026 and 9 Oct 2026.
Both started the company their money comes from.
Peter Thiel is about 15 years older than Eduardo Saverin.
Eduardo Saverin is from Brazil; Peter Thiel is from United States.

Put someone else on either side

Saverin

Thiel

Net worth, Forbes: $39.3BForbes, 9 Oct 2026; $39.9BForbes, 11 Oct 2026
Net worth, Bloomberg: $38.6BBloomberg, 17 Oct 2026; Not stated
Forbes rank: No. 54Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026; No. 63Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
Billionaire since: Not stated; Not stated

How it started: Co-founded itCo-founded Facebook with Harvard classmates in 2004 and was its first investor; Bloomberg says he was cut from the company months later and a 2009 legal settlement secured his stake; Co-founded itCo-founded PayPal in 1998 and Palantir in 2003; invested $500,000 in Facebook in 2004
Main source: Meta Platforms stockBloomberg values his Meta stake at $37.9 billion of $38.6 billion; Palantir stock, Founders Fund and other investmentsBloomberg: seeded by investments including Facebook and PayPal; Forbes lists 'Facebook, investments'
Companies: Meta Platforms (Facebook), B CapitalMeta Platforms (Facebook): Co-founder; no role at the company; B Capital: Co-founder and co-CEO; Palantir, Founders FundPalantir: Co-founder and chairman; Founders Fund: Partner
Biggest stake: Meta Platforms (Facebook)2% owned; Founders Fund42.5% owned

Born: 1982São Paulo, Brazil; 11 Oct 1967Frankfurt am Main, West Germany
Country: BrazilLives in Singapore; United StatesLives in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Education: Bachelor's degreeBA, Harvard University; Graduate degreeJD, Stanford Law School (1992); BA, Stanford University (1989)
Parents: His father Roberto runs a Miami-based pharmaceutical export business; his mother is a psychologist. The family moved from Brazil to the US in 1992; Father was a chemical engineer whose work moved the family from Ohio to South West Africa before they settled in Foster City, California

Giving Pledge: Not a signer; Not a signer
Foundation: Elaine and Eduardo Saverin FoundationRegistered as a charity in Singapore in 2023; Thiel FoundationRuns the Thiel Fellowship
Lifetime giving: Not stated; Not stated

Role now: Runs the companyCo-founder and co-CEO of B Capital; Chair of the boardChairman of Palantir; partner at Founders Fund; president of Thiel Capital
Successor: Co-leads B Capital with co-founders Raj Ganguly and Howard MorganNo family member named in an executive role; Not stated
Public office: None found; None found
Legal record: None found; 2018: US Bankruptcy Court; 2022: Delaware Court of ChanceryThe bankruptcy court approved a settlement between him and Gawker Media's estate, ending litigation with the publisher whose bankruptcy followed a privacy suit he had funded. The court approved a settlement of a shareholder class action against him and Palantir's other co-founders over their founder voting shares, and dismissed the case with prejudice.