Old Money Luxury

THE BILLIONAIRE'S SECRET VENDETTA

Not all revenge comes from fists or firearms—sometimes it arrives in the form of expensive lawyers funded by invisible benefactors.

Due to being publicly outed as gay by Gawker Media in 2007, Peter Thiel orchestrated perhaps the most expensive revenge plot in modern history by secretly bankrolling Hulk Hogan's privacy lawsuit against the publication until it collapsed into bankruptcy.

The tech billionaire remained hidden behind the scenes for years while his legal mercenaries dismantled the media company piece by piece, only revealing his involvement after Gawker had been financially destroyed.

Most remarkably, Thiel later described this calculated demolition of a media outlet not as vengeance but as "one of the greater philanthropic things" he had ever done—reframing personal retribution as a charitable contribution to society.

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@jeffmiller3499

Imagine what they do and don't admit to

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@liz.j6822

The fact that he thinks this revenge plot is one of the greater philanthropic things he's done say a lot about him

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@felixsunga7059

I think that's the best revenge being under the shadows

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@PexKAY

If this was a Russian oligarch it would have been condemned all round!

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@muzinkosi8542

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was three things , 1. he does not exist 2. Peter Thiel is a philanthropist 3. Palantir is a company for the greater good of humankind

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@benjaminkoontz2711

He turned the tables on a public menace. Thiel is a hero. Gawker libeled and slandered people. Gawker invaded private lives and cavalierly ruined people for sport.

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@felixsunga7059

I wish old money could there could be a video documentary about the act😊

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@amindforall442

I always thought this guy was like an android or some kind of alien secretly scheming

1 week ago | 0

@EngineerDJ_Julius

well now, I didn't know that

1 week ago | 0

@lindadavis5667

I like him I pray he doesn’t have a Vendetta with me 💗💜💗

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@ewc58

Where’s the problem again?

1 week ago | 0

@Timo-z3k

Trivial, compared to romans 1:24-32 - Rome fell.

1 week ago | 0

@pajeetsingh

Power of money which is why care has to be taken for issuing money, like having gold standards.

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@galenmarek888

I don't like the guy's mentality. This revenge on Gawker went too far. I hope you won't make a video on him because he isn't old money and for obvious reasons, he won't leave children behind

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