Thiel vs Jindal
Palantir and JSW Steel.
The differences
- Forbes puts Peter Thiel about $1.6B ahead of Savitri Jindal.Forbes figures from 11 Oct 2026 and 9 Oct 2026.
- Peter Thiel: co-founded it. Savitri Jindal: through marriage.
- Savitri Jindal is about 17 years older than Peter Thiel.
- Peter Thiel is from United States; Savitri Jindal is from India.
- Savitri Jindal has held a public or government advisory role; Peter Thiel has none on record.
Put someone else on either side
Side by side
Thiel
JindalThe money
- Net worth, Forbes
- $39.9BForbes, 11 Oct 2026
- $38.3BForbes, 9 Oct 2026
- Net worth, Bloomberg
- Not stated
- $32.7BBloomberg, 17 Oct 2026
- Forbes rank
- No. 63Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
- No. 55Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
- Billionaire since
- Not stated
- Not stated
Where it came from
- How it started
- Co-founded itCo-founded PayPal in 1998 and Palantir in 2003; invested $500,000 in Facebook in 2004
- Through marriageTook over as chair of the O.P. Jindal Group and control of her husband's stake after his death in 2005; he founded the group in 1952
- Main source
- Palantir stock, Founders Fund and other investmentsBloomberg: seeded by investments including Facebook and PayPal; Forbes lists 'Facebook, investments'
- O.P. Jindal Group: stakes in JSW Steel, JSW Energy, Jindal Steel & Power, Jindal Stainless, Jindal Saw, JSW Infrastructure and JSW Holdings
- Companies
- Palantir, Founders FundPalantir: Co-founder and chairman; Founders Fund: Partner
- JSW Steel, Jindal StainlessJSW Steel: None stated; run by her son Sajjan Jindal; Jindal Stainless: Chairperson emeritus of the O.P. Jindal Group, listed on the board page
- Biggest stake
- Founders Fund42.5% owned
- JSW SteelStake not stated
The person
- Born
- 11 Oct 1967Frankfurt am Main, West Germany
- 20 Mar 1950Tinsukia, Assam, India
- Country
- United StatesLives in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- IndiaLives in Hisar, India
- Education
- Graduate degreeJD, Stanford Law School (1992); BA, Stanford University (1989)
- No universityMatriculation
- Parents
- Father was a chemical engineer whose work moved the family from Ohio to South West Africa before they settled in Foster City, California
- Not stated
What they give
- Giving Pledge
- Not a signer
- Not a signer
- Foundation
- Thiel FoundationRuns the Thiel Fellowship
- Not stated
- Lifetime giving
- Not stated
- Not stated
Role and record
- Role now
- Chair of the boardChairman of Palantir; partner at Founders Fund; president of Thiel Capital
- Chair of the boardChairperson emeritus of the O.P. Jindal Group; member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly for Hisar
- Successor
- Not stated
- Her four sons run the group's companies independently: Prithviraj (Jindal Saw), Sajjan (JSW Group), Ratan (Jindal Stainless) and Naveen (Jindal Steel)
- Public office
- None found
- Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly for Hisar; Haryana power minister; Haryana minister of state for revenue, disaster management, rehabilitation and housing; Haryana minister for urban local bodies; Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly for Hisar2005-2014; until 2009; 2006; 2013; 2024-
- Legal record
- 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.
- 2013: Punjab and Haryana High CourtThe court directed her to vacate her official residence, held after her term as power minister ended in 2009, and imposed a penalty.
