Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue

by Ryan Holiday

Through Choire and Hayes, Thiel is also introduced to Ryan Tate, who in 2009 became the editor of Valleywag. At a wine bar in Palo Alto, Peter Thiel sits down with Tate and supposedly says, “See, I do negotiate with terrorists.”