Hi all. It’s Lizette. For most people, 2020 will go down as a staggeringly dreadful year—including a pandemic, police brutality, protests and wildfires. But in tech, a few people made a fortune.
One of them was Peter Thiel. The billionaire investor and sometime politico saw his wealth surge an estimated 113% this year through Dec. 22, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index—exceeding $7 billion.