INTERNAL AFFAIRS Te Tari Taiwhenua 120 Victoria Street, Wellington Phone 0800 22 51 51 1 February 2017 Website Release of Citizenship Information The attached information has been released under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA Act). The documentation relates to an application for New Zealand citizenship by Mr Peter Thiel. Information has been redacted in reliance of the following provisions of the Act: 0 Section of the OIA Act ?the protection ofthe privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural persons; and/or I Section ofthe OIA Act would be likely to unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is subject of the information; and/or 0 Section of the OIA Act maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through fee and frank expression of opinions. Information withheld Some documents have been withheld in reliance ofthe following provisions of the Act: a Section of the OIA Act ?the protection ofthe privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural persons; and/or a Section ofthe OIA Act would be likely to unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is subject ofthe information; and/or - Section of the OIA Act maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through fee and frank expression of opinions. These documents relate to standard information required to assess eligibility, and include immigration material, overseas police checks and commercial material. Further information has been withheld in reliance of Section this includes a draft submission a copy of the final submission has however been released as part ofthe attached documentation. The Department has taken into account the circumstances of this particular case. We consider that the reasons to withhold the information given above, are not outweighed by other considerations which render it desirable, in the public interest, to make that information available. For the Secretary of Internal Affairs THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS a? Te T?i'i Tq gwhen Lid 2011000002 se won '1 C'lemsmp orcunga 22 June ldent'wsgh?rices Group Rat?nga Tuakiri Balcilcott House 47 Boulcottst, $303 68 OF AFFAIRS mm 0 51431 New Zeaiand Freephone $800 12 31 Facsimile +64 4 382 3406 I ?bah? Applicant: Mr Peter Andreas Thiel Date of birth: 11 October 1967 :19 Piece of birth: Frankfurt, Germany Present citizenships: German and US. SUMMARY Reason for submission Mr Thiei does not - I ealand and ?intention to continue to reside in New a rant of citizenship, Mr This] considers he has exce tio is?? have written to you concerning this application and a copy of an a grant is in the public interest. ?r responses are at Tags A: and C. FOR NEW ZEALAND 'ti in New Zealand ..eet this requirement! Mr Thiei most have been in New Zealand as a permanent .esident for at least i350 days in the five years preceding this application He does not meet this requirement because he was in New Zealand as a permanent resident for'lays in those years Mr Thiei has never lived in New Zealand; intention to continue to reside in New Zealand To meet this requirement; Mr Thiei must. intend ts continue to reside in New Zealand or intend to work outside New Zealand for an approved organisation (eg a New Zealand business) Mr Thiei lives in the US, He has stated that; if granted citizenship, he would continue to reside there to manage his American companies. Given Mr Thiei?s entrant: situation, the Department censiders he is nnabie to meet the intention to continue to reside in New Zealand" requirement at this time Exceptions! circumstances and pubiic interest You may grant Mr Thiei citizenship if satisfied he has exceptional circumstances; that mean a grant would be in the pubiic interest. Mr Thiel considers his exceptionai circumstances relate to his skill as am entrepreneur and his philanthropy. Public interest arises from Mr Thiel his skills in New Zealand and on behalf of New Zealanders and through his philanthropic activities in this country. He has provided evidence to verify his skill set and has testimonials from noted New Zeaiand business and poiiticai figures attesting to the work he left in hie-ngh Zeaiand. Exampies of his entrepreneurial skills include: CO?iOUnding Pei/Pal (a secure internet paymepj? or) w} investing in Facebook (he was the first 0 r? i in New Zeaiand he has established gel/fund innovative companies To date he has invest - 5? (mime accounting business ?Xeroi and made a Pacific Fibre Limited (a company which plans to i' New Zeatand, Australia and (f a technology company incubator in Francisco to help introduce New Zealand Ies are provided in the body of this submission Mr Thiel has dis Auckiand an ?i . nder of Xeroi and Sam Morgan (founder of Trade me, co? Pacific Fibre and director of Fairfax Media) have written to the . Christchurch earthquake retief fund. Mr Thiel wishes to be granted citizenship from both a personal and professionai perspective. iVlr Thiei?s entrepreneuriai skills are what make him exceptional and this ciaim is supported by the success he has had in business, and further validated by the ietters of support and additionai documentation that accompanied his appiicationr Mr Thiel states that being a New Zeaiand citizen wouid enable him to represent the country on the internationai stage and give him greater confidence in New Zealand?s taientecl entrepreneurs When making your decision about this application you need to consider whether Mr Thiel?s abilities as an entrepreneur and his work as a phitanthropist are proof that he as exceptionai circumstances and ?ii?fiEEthEi' his use of these is in the public interest i ?en the investment Mr Thiel has made in New Zealand companies and the summ and contacts he is able to provide. the Department is of the View that gla?tlmg Mr Thiel citizenship would be in the public interest due to his exceptional Circumstancefs? Recommendation I . The Department recommends you approve Mr Peter Thiel?s application for citizenship under section of the Citizenship Act 1977 (public interest due to exceptionai circumstances). Geoff May 35 for Secretary for Internal Affairs Grant of Grant of citizenship DE igg??k Mr Peter Andreas This! CRJTERIA FOR THE GRANT OF This appiication is being considered under section 8 (citizenship by grant} and section 9 (grant of citizenship in speciai cases) of the Citizenship Act 1977. A saw of the relevant legislation is attached at Tag Dr Section 8(1) of the Citizenship Act provides that you may authorise the grant of New Zealand citizenship to any person who: a) has attained the age of 16 years; and b} is ottuli capacity; and /t 0) satisfies you that he or she meets the six standard require bet Requirements met Mr Thiei; who has attained the age of ?16 year . - ,r meets the following requirements a entitlement to reside in New - good character; sufficient knowledge Pr @hiel first visited New Zealand in 1995 and has been to New Zeaiand four times. was granted permanent residence on 24 duty 2007. To meet the ?presence in New Zeaiand? requirement? Mr Thiei must have been in New Zealanci as a permanent resident for at least 1356 days in the ?ve years preceding this appiicationt Mr Thtei does not meet this requirement because he was in New Zeaianci as a permanent resident for .days in these five years He has never titted in New Zealand but has purchased a property in Parneil and has made an offer fer the purchase of a hoiiday heme in Queenstown, A catcutation of his time in New Zeaiand as a permanent resident is at Tag Accepting a shorter period of presence in New Zeaiand You may accept a shorter period of presence in New Zealand? if satisfied Mr Time has exceptionai circumstances and was in New Zealand as a permanent fog, at least 450 days of the 20 months before applying for citizenship= lv?lr Thiel was in New Zealand as a permanent resident for-days in the 20~mgmh period. Therefore his application cannot be considered under this provision. intention to continue to reside in New Zeaiand . . . I . . . . To meet this requirement Mr Thiei must intend to continue to remote Zeaiand/i or intend to work outside New Zealand for an approved organica?i?ontgg a?oat Zealand company). x/e?f ?5 il'tw? X3 t; ivlr Thiet iives in the US. He has stated that, continue to reside there to manage his Am current situation, the Department considersi?h continue to reside in New Zealand? reqn\ tires) or izeros?x anieZ?n?fQ *?vlr? Thielis . it intention to is i . - Exceptions] circumstances 1% nter You may grant Mr Ce mean a grant wot, r: ti> at Beil Guilv, has written has provided it te that Mr Thiei is a ?worid class? entrepreneur and a aiso provided testimonials from prominent New Zealand validate these claims. - credentials as an entrepreneur inciude founding Ciarium (an American g. investment management companvibeing a founder of PayPat (an e? 03 merce business allowing pavments and money transfers to be made through the snternet}, being an eariy investor in Facebook and establishing the Founders Fund {a capital fund that focuses on eariv-stage technology investments) He has also set up a venture capitai fund in New Zealand which seeks to fund innovative New Zeaiand companies: has invested _-Niih Xefo tan oniine accounting business;- and in December he tinatised a investment in Pacific Fibre Limited {which pians to iav a fibre-optic cabie between New Zeaiand; Austraiia and the US. to improve broadband service). in addition Mr Thiei has made a recent investment of into Auckiandbased Book Track Hoidings Limited, which is deveioping a movie stvte sound track system for E-books. ?recentiy met Hon Dr V?v?avne Mapp; the iriinister Science Technoiogvi to discuss the of setting up an ii" Seed Centre .trepreneuriai Hubi that wouid otter schoiarships to peopie with innovative ideas in annatsoc technology. That's representatives have also met Witt? otticials, are lit nistn, of Science and Innovation to discuss the establishment of an Aucklar?i based tachnoiogy comp-arty incubazor and setting up a tending pad in San Francism to help introduce New Zealand companies to the US, As a world class entrepreneur Mr Thiei believes that with the right support New Zealand can achieve a place at the top of the world?s list of best countries for entrepreneurs. Mr Thiel states that New Zealand is one of the best places in the world for establishing businesses. The New Zealand government?s support of the New Zealand Venture investment Fund shows a clear commitment of promoting innovation in New Zealand. Mr Thiel has stated that through his global networks and connech?s he WQuir?l promote New Zealand entrepreneurs and their products on would be proud sun arr rector {see Tag Minister and the venture capital Cabinet members about how his market in New Zealand. . success he has had in business and port and additional documentation that 'Th'ei?s situation stems from him applying his skills in New '3 up a venture capital fund and investing in and providing He is also presenting at a conference in has additionat claims to having exceptional circumstances through his anthroptc iiuork. has stated that Mr Thiei has established the Thiei Foundation in the US. which supports a number of organisations which are dedicated to supporting the cause of freedom. His philanthropy has extended to New Zeatand through his donation of one million New Zealand dollars to Christchurch Earthquake Fund, facilitated by Mark Weidon Chief Executive ct NZX on behait? of the Prime Minister. This donation connects his exceptional circumstances (is. his generosity and philanthropy} to public interest. Mr Thiei has stated that he wishes to be granted citizenship from both a personai and protessionai perspec ive. Mr Thiel?s entrepreneurial skitts are makes him exceptional and this claim is supported by the success he has had in business and further validated by the ietters of support and additionai documentation that he has provided He states that being a New Zealand citizen \ivouid enable bin: to represent this country on the international stage and give him greater contidence in mobilising New Zeatandls taiented entrepreneurs. thiirf?tage 4 commendation The Department recommends you approve Mr Thiel's application. ?all enquiries please quote [If 261100011132 21, 43 Starimd Verco C: 8'44 472 ?99 A mm; {113; ?1 3. f, I. I, NEW ZEALAND (Hi >K-Jfr.ynn ?Us.? Mm; La: Gamma ?an. "3 I: la 5.x 1,0 i-l an"; certi?cate, suazensmp . Pam?s: - - A main ,r{Aw sent ta) ?115: 532mm: amalgam . a . .. :12 ~213.1 Semi 2GAoril 2011 14:41 To; 00: IS A11 SUbJect: QUAKE Miilipn Dollar Donation QUAKE RECOVERY: Million Dollar Donation Press R.e[ease by Bel! Gufly at 2:25 pm, 20 Apr 2011 I Pet-er Thiel, a high-profile US entrepreneur with several New Zealand investment Interesw made donahon to tne earthquake appeal Fund. Mr Thfel, the ?rst outside 1nvestor in Facebook and co~founder of PayPal, has/gain i :e:est In 14%? has; Zealand technoiegy companies. He has made investments in Xero and Hugh his ?33 based venture capital fund, Vaiar Ventures, which is focused on pro-rd;- 'tas - assts?ece \t1 4 Zealand entrepreneurs to expand into the US market. a? ?f CK. ,1 KFh?x 2?1 "Now that we kin-1w the scope 3f the damage in thee/{start to rebuild it? Mr Thiel said. nope that everyone who- sees tne ppte . - did than time, tatent, :3 or resources to renewing the region and Its ecorp . -. of MW a- ???enture capital fund he launched in 2010 to invest in the most Nomi-?ring KlWi tethnmog?! build successful, global technology companies. To date, ?u?alar has made two investments, totaling $4.5 million, in New Zealand companies Hero and Pacific Fibre, For more information on Mr Thiel?s work in New Zealand, please visit Valasz website at About The ICEHOUSE The is a business growth centre that includes: business growth programmes for a business incubator for startiups; and New Zealandjs largest group 0f Angel Investors. It is a collaborative partnership between The Universitv 0f AUCkland Busmess School, BNZ, HP and NZTE with support from Ernst Young 8051 it Was established in 2001 in recognition of the importance ofSM Es to the New Zealand economv- The purpose is to take responsibility for delivering 1000 of the 3000 firms needed to get New Zealancl into the top half of the OECD by 2020. it works wit as of SMEs, from start~ups to established multirmillion dollar enterprises. ICEHO -onnec' n5 investment pathways. From Sent: hilondai. Octinoer20108124 To: Subject: Fw: interview with Peter in the WSJ Pee print This email 3 sent subject to Beii Gully's standard disclaimer Or'ginal Messa.? From? . CC (?rig f3? Sent Sun Oct 10 14:14:24 2010 if? [Fig/ax \l Subieci: interview with Peter In the WSJ N5 THE WEEKEND 9. 2010 KN Technoogy Salvation I I ?33 an early investor in Facebook and the rounder of Ciariom Capital trial}: ?ght erican ingenuim oi a O) nas hits oead and t\ . . By HOLMAN UV JCNKINS JRThe housing olew up so 1? oars. U5 down. '1 blew Up because our technocratic elite told us to exoect an r? @ier Future so 3 deg deliVBrEGV comouters and the internet. the idea that were ex?. 3/ Id techno as is a myth. +5 .. enough money that his crackpot ideas are taken Md; fPayPal and an early investor in Facebook {his stake was recently restarted to ?1 unofficial leader of a group known as the "PayPal mat perhaps the most Fem of t. in the world, behind companies as diverss as Tesla (etectric cars} and Youi' oer-many when he was a toddler. studied at Stanford and became a securities lair/ye - a a second twist. to his career by launching a global macro hedge fund: Clarfum Capital .s with some of the great macro investors, suoh as George Soros and Stanley .on on the direction of wond markets. Druokenm. Irns of investing?narrow technology and ?oroad macro?are behind his singular diagnosis of our .i Cr'ais "All sorts of things are possible in a world where you have massive progress technology and as as in productivity." he says. ?In a werld where wealth is growing, you can. getaway With printing money. Sing the debt over the next 20 years is not a problem ?ThiS is Where [today i8] very differentfrom the 1930s. in the ?30s the Keynesian stuff worked at least in the sense that 3/04 orint money without inflation because there was all this productivity growth happening. That's not gorng to work today. The people who womb: subprime noose-s in Bilianni ?Ner?e betting on. technological r:rr?gress. The; were cei' ?g on are?)? "town and iiving standards going up." They were fretting. in sport, on the productivity gains to wane our deb-rs ar?toruiaole? We'il get back to what ail this means. Mr Thiel wants to meet me at a noisy coffee shop near Union SqUare in Manhattar Because a Fortune writer invited to his condo wrote about his butler? "No Mr. Thiel tells me 'Arid dart?: have a "butler." i-lis mtf?vc'ane thoughts these days include whether should go Answer; Not anytime soon, As a gerterai pri?Cii?iSr he says ?it's somewhat dangerous to be a public company that?s s._ioceeoing in 3 304133an more other things aren't.? 1? mm?; \Lu no? Thiel has not found any straight line: however. between his rnaor Mr truth in three olh?erent anatyses of our dilemma, Liberals, he some:r Blame our eclgcahon System 3 if liberals are the East ones to ?x it. just wanting to WOW at What ?9 Cans a h'gher educa?on bUbQie? I I . administrators are the equivalent of subprime mortgage maker? saysrA 10?? gr}. {hat ml Should go into debt massivelw that it's not a consumption deCISIoni its 3? ?F?lestmem ACMHV: no} it's a consumption decision Most colleges are tour?leal? DamaskLiDerleriar?s blame too moon regulation, a WSW ne also shares "?31 0f the l'Dflr l3? [lDB-rtariaps incapable of winning elections. . There are a lot or? oeople you can?: sell tioertarian politics to. A oneservative diagnosis would emphasize an UWNiWiig?ess to Eacr'?ce= necessary for great 399955, ano once motivated by war! "Technology has made war so catastrophicz? SEVSI ?hat it ?as unraveled me Who; ?93 desirability of it [as a spur to technologyi.? Mr Thiel has dabbled in activism to the minor extent of co-hosting in Manhattan last month a fund raises;- for gay Republicans but he has little taste for politics. Still; he considers it a duty to pot on the table the Idea th at technological progress has stalled and why, {To this end, he?s writing on a book With Ruse-a SS democracy activist Gerry Kasparov; .20 my le 6?33 "it?s hard 5* be short You don't have to agree with every jot to recognize that his view is essentially on be easier to dig out of our hole lili?ith enough robots, even Socral Sewage-'1': wave-i i and hedge ?md manager Thiel is nothing if not an ambitious. long-term thinker: so what's - .. 1- rn Contrarian investor possibly see in a country of 4 million people whose econorn' - - - am? of his dreams. Investment, which isn't the kind of investm ents Thiel a ?rst step to turning the country into a new Silicon Valley. Investing in a huge undersea ?ber goes after. But bringing high new The name of Thielrs . - R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings universe. Thiei is a huge Tolkien fan and In Toikienis legendamm the Valar are deities who created the world of vies) and then descended on it to help nurture its infancy and development ,r elem 7' land in near: 9 'is ide h. each at a . arid We that happen So Thiei is clearly in it for the long run. Thiel is - - -. .d New Zealand already has some of the most freemarket policies in theworldl Thiel is also a donor to . tote, a foundation that wants to create libertarian sel?eustaining colonies out at sea. A popular libertarian State Project? to get tens of thousands oflibertarians to emigrate to New hamashire and take over the democratically to reshape the state according to libertarian ideals. Thiel has been frustrated at US policies and generally been bearish on the US economy He believes that the world needs a new wave of radical innovation in ?elds like arti?cial intelligence and robotics to escape 'mpending disaster and has seemed ircreasingly skeptical tna?t the US: the world leader in innovation. can deliver that. Jo not meddle in the affairs of image: enlifroviePhoto So what are Thiel's chances of tuming New Zealand in a new . We spoke with a tech entrepreneur who lived in New asked about the culture, the person said: "They're immigration services will actually out a foreign Emmy say of the US's byzantine immigration system, or some :i onlin egfistings in New Zealand shows great demand For developers So there's de?nitely .. is. the New Zealand government unveiled plans to turn New Zealand into an offshore ?nancial hub: because New Zealand markets are the ?rst to open each day. which could give an edge to ?rms located there. This is a could come in handy to Thiel's hedge fund. Xero; the company Thiel Invested in: was Founded in 2008 and went in 2007?. so their stock marKet seems much less broken than the US's. Tech. hlg.h ?nance, small government -- when you think about it, it makes perfect sense for Thiei. As big fans of rugby and startupsl we think T?niel's involvement in New Zealand is an awesome story; We can't wait to see how it develops. Read more: hits :"f'vrinrem businessinsider ?l #ixzri Mirna?" l5" P. IL. I Thu"): I - our Q?j'i?i?sif?ffz Hamish Fletcher #00ng a5 Ehe mid werld Thiel? PW .1 A lriend . - I -, - I. I. Forward thIr' ..-. . - . I I . I?ll . I?m-1mm "ma-I:wa . . - I ll I'llzlul?h :I?l p-u Invebtln ("dwith If I [mnuwu-I I :Iu . ,?Ijur, ml'l'd13l'lt IiuercIl??L-hrm ~qu 11 . ?t'ul'lx ug?ulul WWI-II . ?.311?ng I spudIhhm II-trmg?. . IuL-u panIIvI {Inf '.nxr. .. I .. 3(?10..I. -: lI I ,I-i Nagy -: flu . .NI . I . . as I.I1I Ill'?, . 7eaiawf?1uo?q ;I1'v I m? . Il'l II . Ill" ?and..er 11"} Il?iv IDIILE ?X'lonmlv'uuvf ?31" I if" hum-I II 4: I ?rx?witm mu?ma?unIJg-by}: - _ttu?Shana-2'. we; .I.I.I I .-- I r-II?cliIIIMuch ?ler Hm I: I - II ..II.- I - I - Rlmy?: I, - I I I klawn/ill?: I I imiill?iszmanmom?IriIi . . .ia Papa?booi? investor and PayPal eo?creator Peter Flue-1 belies es Mark Zucxcerbet?g we 1w Peri, T?s Gelegmph Facebook investor and PayPal co-creator Peter Thiel believes Mark Zuckerberg's site is worth $150bn There's a good chance you're on Faizebunk. You may even be a recent joiner who helped catapult the world?s biggest social networking Site pass the 600111 user mark. that} just 1m users. Today his Stake is worth closer to $2bn .. @oe probably know you've helped make Faeebook founder Mark Zuckerberg incredibly rich. But '5 not alone, in the summer of 2004, Zuokerberg and Sean Parker, who would briefly be president of the site, turned up at the San Francisco home of Peter Thiel on the hunt for an investment in what was then a barer known stat-twp. They walked away with $500,000 and left Thiel with a stake in a site that} with under 1m users, was in need of a friend, Seven years on and Thiel?s stake is worth closer to 352%, Last week he was announced as one of six Faoebook billionaires named on the annual Forbes list of the global super-rich. But don't worry, you can grab a slice of the fortune. Thiel is donating money to help someone establish a sea city - yes. somewhere at least 50 people can live off the coast - by 2015? Or; if you?re under the age 01?20! you can apply to him for a grant of up to $100,000 should you have a great business idea, Zuokerberg's character was the star of the film The Social Network but p. A - I. wiboor lowestor and Payrtal oo-oreatrn? Peter Tluet Mam Zocknbetg a 5 a: Pt? .. :??tcoti i?lP??st most have been pricked by Thiel's ston/ Entrepreneur, iatorolog?st: hedge fund manageri philanthropist, investor and writer in an age ever greater specialisation. the 43-yeanolo? is moving at increasing Speed in the direcnon- "l do think i't?lzre is something to be said for being a generalist in our society,? Thiel said. Reversing the ?agg?m officesa robotics; artificial intelligence and human rights are all fields that The Thiel Foundation $148ng nit cash to pursue l?tei Capitai oniefArvind Sodhan: ?litre need more Start-dos? 31?? To; Social Network is essential} viewing for entrepreneors ?4 I it Facebooh bid to tactile bullying 7"?3 ?rst made plenty of it coefounding online payments company PayPal in December 1998 with Eton Musk and Max Levchin, whose parents had emigrated from the Ukraine to the US By 2002 itwas on the Nasdaq in the first big flotation after the September 11 terrorist attacks Before the year was out eBay had swailowed it in a $1.5?on deal that is estimated to have netted Thiel more than So what did, he learn from the PayPal chapter?? "The big lesson people learnt existentially is that it's hard but doable That-'3 a good mindset with which to approach most problems." The temptation is to be cynical when someone who is very wealthy says what they do is not really about the money; It feels a bit like a football manager saying it?s all about the beauty of how the team plays, not an ether they win or lose? But such an aooroaeh would be to neglect something that seems core to Threl Al Paypal, and Le?lrohin talked about tneir online payments system as creating a new world oorrency flee 5mm government control. Armed with a definition of entrepreneur that includes - but isn?t limited to matting money it becomes slearerwhy Thiel took a bet on Zookerberg?s then [little-known statue 4" . t; i .rxl I (In 1. t- ilucbook Investor and Pay-?Pal otrbraator Peter ?flue! believes Marci luu?imef?? 3 5W 1W Page 3 J, ?an? War/st. Casebook is exhibits!" he explains "if at had been run 3909i? Wing to ?liaise; mgney they .loald have sold it for $lbn to am to Yahooi. Thatwas a much iowerprlorltv than Wilding a business to Change the world.? Faoebook is shaping the future but for some the valuation of the site is beginning to echo the ?otsam bubble of the late 1990s. 20 it opened with a controversial investment by GOldman that attached a $50bn price tag to the site that Mark built, Thatis been heading north on the secondary market: On which Faoebook shares can be traded. Sir Martin Sorreil. the founder of advertising giant Warned this week that the value now given to the likes of Faoebook is marked by some "Speculative froth? is now more ota bet against developing new ways Oracle Just because a company pioneered a F- - arr-lays willt ?Facebook has been the our in believes; before addinr "t masking a gener fat mi mtreprenuera investors and engineers that call the area on the edge a perfect incubator, Just as it had to Google. Apple, Sunhliorosystems t. world's financial capitals it's somewhere most people could iocate cm do ,sn?t stop Thief nipping at the hand that helped feed him, "i still think, that Silicon Valley has more novation than anywhere else in the world: it has not been enough to move the dial," he explains, "l do think it?s odd that the internet and the mobile internet are really the only areas that people have been focused on Even so: it remains an area of focus for Thiel. Founders Fund, a venture capital firm that he ao?founded in 2-305 with two ex~PayPal colleagues, has scored some significant successes investing in this area. One investment. tOr example. lronpor?t, which develops email and security software for the web was snapped up by Cisoo in 2097 for Powerset, a business tasnioning new technology for search engines, was bought by ilrliorosof't for an estimated if Thiel is prepared to oolnt out what he sees as the limitations oi Sllioon Valley heis soornfui of a lack of innovation beyond computing power and the web "Computer technology and the internet in particular has bee the one dramatic exception in the past tour decades in what has otherwisa been stagnation," As the upheaval in North Atrtoa Keeps oil prices above $100 a barrel and threatens to send them higher: a taolt of natlaes to crude is one example he Cites, no reality that it there rivers no fundamental T. shortages: then these tensions [in slog/at would not be so destabilising,? Thiet argues 'lt frequently gets Sent: FFlGaY,Jar1Udr}' w, m? . To: Subject: Paci?c: Fibre story . I . . lam EJLlol? Lasi. Judated 018C: :c-ncix board member Pele-r Thiel to its list of backersl which includes New through 'a-?alar Ventures which took 2 4% share of Paci :ibra or: Decen?ber 24. according l0 Comp-Jr brings a EOE of smarts to the table. ?i?lliggs said ?They're interwar people they underslanc the ECOinm :3 bawe?ia ?11.91; understand it?s a 5230a ousi?ess case." The livest com, es mat NIC- mocths after \faiai' i?jeded 5334 million irite Surf's SO?i?ial?e 90"? 357W- in? r: ?rm break into Am ei?ica he market tools? his iiweslment as a 5were of confider and doubled Xero 3 share prica. Tliiez, N56- 5?9'133?3 36? arzlirze gag"? ants camp ray 333303: and was 3733 of Faceboox?s ?rst: ruestorg retain?; i: greet! El 1-72!" g; ggaf'kfl" . "301:" 'vwsf?a? L0 .dm lechnmoq} that ?Quid are viewsec: 33 um ?naisr?. duomng if, {Imam may? 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Vale-IF?; Wade Va 51 1" giaceme.1t, was exaected In close maxi ?939:: sliced 3: 3: if: U) arm?3' {he average share crime of Here over We Eradin. Jays prior to Ocrober 2G. {,nAH?va. t- an. urn .3 macs. ace 1 Fe 'aorg 31B so HER Sew'rces a few hundred people gathered at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts for an event caned . yr. For an hour the guests engaged in the familiar social rituals of Silicon Valley. trading .- . artup ideas over sushi. spring rolls; and oinot noir, before into an auditorium to listen to - ches from eight nonprofit organizations. The groups had disparate agendas but ail shared a fantastic oh nging the world?defy death through regenerative medicrne! Harness inteitigence from machines - ..en the human brain? Build self-governing communities on the high seasi They also had a common - factor: Peter A. Thiel, the iconoclastic, libertarian 43-year-old venture cap.talist and macro?hedge-fund investor, Wher the apeaxers finished, James R. O'Neill} who runs the Thiei Foundation; introduced his boss as someone ?who works every day to reshape the world and focus on solutions to problems other people overlook." Thiei emerged from backstage, wearing a new blue striped shirt, jeans, and a blazer ?The future is mt an abstraction,? he said. "it?s something we are all participants in! helping to create and ferge and shape." Thiei is not a natural oerforrner He has a ?at. mechanical delivery that instantly deflatee his anemots to inspire After threg and a half nitrates; ne Wrapped up his remarks and encouraged the audience to stay, and ?start building the future For the 2'1 st century). Thiel foilowed the crowd into the main hall, where 3 Stanford University freshman ?amed Max marmer was waftmg it?larmer nad some to the event in part because of Thiel?s latest philanthropic a program that will aware 'S'ljrmoo 55? 30 e??t'i??rer?etirs under the age or' 20, on the condition that they drop out of college for two years it: ourSue their ventures tall?time Manner who 3 laurichi-?g a business 'startgp with two frgendsl deem? '3 300"? the 3-?3 mm"- as he heard aoout it on A: :he Pat-sea 1? Fine ?irts. titarrner introduced himself to are .doi For we next ?ve mmure? wt was (new? Marer 3333 THEE steered hm? toward a partner in the Founders rand Thiei's venture capita firm, who agreed to iisten :0 itlarmer?s pitch Mariner tas informed .35 parents that; whether he wins a Thiet Fellowship Or not: be Out Of Stanford se? 'i America a defining tech geniuses are renowned college df?DI-?rum?am Gates and Mark en: left Howard University: Steve Jobs nuns around Reed College ill? W35 enmued for. am? one ham?terianq =t has al-?m her-or? mooted that vrsronary technologists will stop everything to 5' ?pawng ?93? ll 5 worth (a embers; . ., . bowie-1'2. mat Gaze-5, zgckarberg, and Jobs are anomalies. This! thinks it's the anomalies who matter an Wan qe can create more of them, Whether you view his clan as cause for celebration or horror depe'lds Wu" take America's future Are we hobbled by a deficit of risk or too much of it? Does govern-Went SDEWWG Stimui ate innovation or obstruct it? Are America's best universities assets or liabilities? Desiziite his fund?s disastrous recent performance?Clarium Capital irla?agemwt i3? abou?n percent gr; 1 ,m thin! straight year of declines, according to investors?Thiel is financially set for life. He co-rounded Pair [bat with Eton Musk and Max Levchin. was the first outside investor in Facebook. and owns a stake in a bevy of nmmism. tech companies, from Linkedin to Halcyon Molecular to Palantir Technologies He made the Forbes 400 before he reached 46, After being oortrayed in The Social Network, Thiel is perhaos the most lama-l3 "lemme 039i taiigt {1:8 world. Despite all that, he remains troubled, Absent rapid, groundbreaking scientific breakthroughs, This forts-sags an age when, he says, 'Deopie will have a lower Quality 0f ?f9. Where People won't be able to retire" OVEN-menu - ?ience fiction . 1 ldn?t necessarily in ricer: with Thiei at ut technology, but he inst and stave off the future he fears: nanotechnology, artificial intellige junkie, he adheres to a worldview shaped as much by French categorize him as a pessimist, though he can he,? says PayPai and has since founded ?(ammeh a ebbiai netw i doesn?t think it?s hapoening fast enough." inst present macroeconomic trends?and . threat of deflation and that the dollar and EH . timing and risk management, according to .. is correct in his long?term views if they don?t get the A. Steinbrugge, managing partner of Agecroft Partners tors and hedge funds. Since 2008 the fund's assets have fallen Q0 and acknowledges the need for stricter risk controlshis track record, but that?s not the case with Peter," says Tamm Huka Consulting Group: which advises clients on investing in hedge - of the most successful Web services ever developed Even as Thiel pushes for a holder ?uture. Still Cl? posed Thiel to attacks from those who see his investment strategy and his a reckless, preening vanity, No initiative has provoked more howls than the "20 Under 20" ventures a by This during an appearance at the TechCrunch conference the next day Writing on Slatecom, rg condemned the plan as an ?appalling,? "nasty" idea that will encourage college students to "halt their @33- 1 development around the onset of adulthood, maintaining a narrow-minded focus on getting rich as young - ssible, and thereby avoid the siren lure of helping others or contributing to the advances in basic science that have made the great tech fortunes possible Such critiques only help to Thiei's hunch that he is r-ght. in his view, The business credo that a college education. re a orereouisite ?or professional advancement is he believe-?3; precisely ?19 5?3 people to try something else "i don?t think: i oelieve 'n market efficiency,? he says. ?l i Believed in at? affiCient ?arket than none of the stuff i'm doing rnaites any sense in the various accoants of Facebook's founding, Thiel is almost always cast as a remote, brooding rnaster of the on verse, the archetypal tycoon in a black wing chair, stroking a cat in The Accidental Billiona?res, the 2009 book that the basis for The Social Thiel is described as "secretive and incredibly competitive Also "scary as hetl The dab" a?er the Breakthrough Philanthropy event, Thiei arrives for lunch at a restaurant overlooking the San Francisco Manna in a blue Mercedes sports car He's modestly built, with angular features, and he has an engaging, if awkward, conversational manner; on several occasions Thiei starts to answer questions while the mouth is half is. Asked about Ciariurn dismal 20'i 0 performance, he replies, We?ve had a rough year. ?v?le?ve got some things wrong Bu er 'irne. I int-fir. wen?:- Qotten o?ore ?ight than we've gotter' '?itTOilQ>? adds: "ii-'5 ?Cl 7?9 fight thing :chs on a anon-?3nd?. :?onire palms-11:5 over a very long period oi time ivly mindset is to make some of were hqu an gait-.1; we.- ri-zr?g new decade and *ry to think about set of problems oecoie haven't asked questions about one 0f Thiel's ireduen: themes is the fol fol promoting "extensive" gains We" breamhmughg He who". a- that G'lernments and investors have an "extensive" ?oias when it comes to science and technology. a replio?'e or 'exzand" what was already been shown to work. He newt-lives ?3 dang?am? ShP'itage of the kimj? amhilicl;s. "intenslire' hi'ovations he says are ultimately necessary i?i?g'mrm g?W'm' My thesis is at W, mm is too ?early geared no the exranswe ?liret?JloI?IT he 33?2" 1w? ?mar like: a sure thing' game?ihiilt that 99'3- al :lradiotahie return I don 5 think he: model is the right one for our W?rid anymma- am the attematiya is necessarily quite risky And so there?s no safe alternative.? Bore. in Frankfurt. Thiei had an itinerant childhood His father's career as a chemical engineer took the Family to Smith Africa. Namibia. and Ohio before the Thieis settled in the Bay Area in the late 1970s (Thiel has a younger mmher Patrick} At San Mateo High School. Thlel ?inished first :n his class and was a nationally ranked chess aster He majored in oriosoony at Stanford where he studied under Rene Girard. a Fre?Ch?emigf? Whit) coined the. term "mimetic desire." the Idea that people want things they 3?5 Obieci? What 9399?9'3 UBSil'e-z. r133. .0 a herd mentality. To Thiel mimetic desire orovided a way i0 5353mm e?ier??hing from 3mm "?37 ?times to poll at correctness on camous. (E r. a . who were way 1? American - ing a hock with Sacks in aoerai judge James worked at Sullivan 8; Cromwell 96. in 1998. Thief met Levchin and. and his co-founders defined their in 198?. Thiei founded The Stanford Review, a conservative newspaper that bears against multlouitoraiism. speech codes, affirmative action, feminists, and ethnl worked with Thiel at the Review and succeeded him as its editor, says. outside the mainstream: and if the people who were funding the uniue taxpayer??new what was going on. they would be pretty outrag Thiel stayed at Stanford for law school and remained em 1995 The Diversity Myth, whicn decried moltcultur lis Edmonson, wrote speeches for former Education at and Credit Suisse First Boston in New Yor A over breakfast in Palo Alto1 launched misgion in historical terms, They 3 - .. . libertarian dream of a global financial marketplace in which transactio ch 01? governments The com Dani/'8 T-shirts read - ant to it?that's what everyone withio Peter's circle of is now the managing director of Clarium. ?The THE NEW WORLD CURR friends talked about." business side was - ,sting questions we wanted to engage in, 'out at the same time we had to . to nahie people to buy and sell items seamlessly on eBay (EBAY). it worked. went pu bilc in February 2002, Eight months later. eBay bought the company itiaiiy invested $240300. walked away with $60 million, which he used to launch no: and the Founders Fund, an early-stage venture capital shop. Two years later he .Bd I: agreed to -ooiter'oerg. then a Harvard soohomore, and Sean Parker, a so-founder of Napster who was halo-in -. a_ raise funding for his ?edgling social networking sites Thefaoehook- Thiel lent Zuckerberg and - in exchange for a i 0 percent stake in the new company. Thiel sold half his shares in 2009. mostly to Technologies. Based on current valuation?a number that fluctuates depending on whom you or seemingly. the minute you ask?a conservative estimate of his remaining stake is about $1.5 There's ro evidence that Thiei?s good fortune has softened his edges. After he was subject to ridicule on the internet for revealing in. 2007 that he lived at the Four Seasons in San Francisco and drove a McLaren, he has guarded his privacy and lashed out at those who invade When the gossips; website Valieywag outed Thiel as gay in late 2007. he responded oy branding it "the a ~Qaeda of Silicon valley" and calling its reporters terrorists in a zoos essay tilled "The Education of a Libertar'an" Ollbiished or! the Caro instirute's irxeosite Thiel wrote '1 no lander believe democrao, and freedom are compatible" and that the "broader education of the boot; politic has oeoome a Fool's errand." Most notoriously, the essay suggeSted that the advent of women?s suffrage in the ?i 920s had "rendered the notion of ?capitaiist democracy" into an oxymoron." as women, in Thiel's View. tend not to support laissez-faire policies Threl is him at pairs- to play down his image as a radical ideoiogue "i do tend to think that a ii?oertarlau sodier in which there is more economic and oersonai Freedom is a better SOCEEW out there are all sorts of caveats" he says, Tase 'if you believed :n 'adioai autonomy and the H.163 that we're all self-contoured immortals?c1 and or caricature :erslon of Ayn Rand's amid?then the social net'nrorhing thing would be ore-1f the-most uni-1?33 imaginable with}. .n the world would ?on. -:are about fr-ends or shar?no 0" Der-"G '3Ci'i?'3?15'3d With other Geno's" i' wen; skeptoal 3f neutralized owner 1nd Behave oerennai an: economic freedom 3?50 hol'elre we are .i-u n; 'ogelher or the same planet and that E?Hire-an society exists and that human Clair-gs are our? into this world and he and I'I'tiir?f'iiJD Exceplt'or :1 Few cjgnauo'ns 'n the most recent electoral cycle itc Fiend Paul and l" 0' ??3?in net. .1, ha qi?t??li on on politics. He says he is "not dogmatic" about 'mhell?ol' Show? mail 3 ?ill Stimu is? the kinds sr? intenswe technological innovations he thinks the country Just that he behaves mg .433 :sn't smart enough to make it happen. "Only 35 out of 535 members of CWQFESS have any backc?mm? in Science or technology," he says. "That's why colleve the goverr?mem thing *5 3'3 ?3rd ?0 ?x?the Dean 6 {heia rm; acme?? believe these are imoonant problems. Maybe the answer would be to change the other 500 doom 8 and 'r Tapioca them with engineers But then you?re not really talking about a oracttcal Wm?- in Thief; v'ew. toe biggest threats to Innovation emanate not from b'Jlfr?W?a 399m" hmertca the countrv's greatest higher education. His antioathv for its Ellie unwerslnas dates {0 mg ?mil canending one, in The DIsJer-jttg Minn. Thtel prg?icted that IJHIESS they reformed l?SlltUtiQns as SlanfCWi would Face "massive and unprecedented displacement. New educational may arise and ?nger dismantle that are no longer being satis?ed 33: the existing :ns?titutlons "rill-sore ot?Cf: 5?3 [ha idea that the Water? Could he fixed from within. Thiel is now certain some students are better of? opting out or it altogether necessary condition for a cuticle :s that {something} is believed to be extremely Valuable. but Which very Few gaggle are thinking spoilt," he says. ?And My only candidate for a bubble It"! the 3. right now is educati He continues: "people can?t do anything entrepreneurial or innovative or even nonprofit?anything mars not I?d wetngag. I becomes they ?ra-t-e tnis n?oumain or' dent. Ard so eoucation is something that has becom - . it, i??i?ng'?glcoi ?W?D?tati?n 64"? Dr?gfess. ever though the common perception is the ex' - The Thiel Fellowship is probably the first scholarship aimed at college-' - i is opients pot go to college Representatives?'om ThiePs ?oeoerson foundation . I I - - applications from more than 25 countries. Applicants had to submit two response to: - not true-? The other . Wen $100300 to cover tng. Thiel insists that the goal - .o question what they?re getting out answered: "How do you want to change the world?" 0 living excenses in the Bay Area wh.le they spend isn?t necessarily to find the next Zuckeroerg, of their college experience certainly did not. got good grades in high law school, When i look back, i have no regrets. Butt .er :han it being this thing that reflexiver did? ?The main thing l'd say is that - school. i went to college. i . - fa system From which he has benefited so handsomely. And it's - ntrepreneur's life when you are already leading the fantasy version of ours and innovators developing lite-extending technologies is a seductive avoiding chronic economic dectine. But it?s worth asking whether people Wm .l at the Palace of Fine Arts. Manner has quit school and moved out of his parents home in . Irg tn the pool ocuss behind a. friend?s place in A:hertcn. near Palo Alto. where he and his orimg on a startup devoted to developing a "management science" for boosting the success rate of . . ?Have you seen The Social Network? The houso looks a little like that,? Marmer says over the phone in Malt/v few people who have come by have actually said; 'Oh, it's just like Facebook.? Marmer is waiting to hear whether he has won a Thiel Fellowship. though he?s concerned that his age?he turned 20 in September, before applications were due?may disqualify him. Regardless, lvlarmer says he has found his purpose. "People talk a lot about college as one of the best times of their lives. But itwas pretty clear i had. to make choice between eniov'ng cameos tits or continuing to pursue my passion for entrepreneurship. tried to do both, and when that 1ivesn?tworking. decided to choose this.? If all else fails. ntlarmer says. he can always go back to Stanford someday ?They?re really ?exible. can take up to two years issue of absence. and even alter that We heard its net that hard to get back in If i change my mind. I know haven?t real closed any doors behind me He pauses! then says: 'But don't anticipate that. If this doesnt work out, t'il probably go and start another startuo." tritith Sailel Kishen. Romesh Ftatneser is a Schwartz Fellow at the New America Foundation. This em eii. including attachments, contain information vvnic?n ?s confidential or subject to legal privilege Or copyright. if you are not the intended rectpient. oiease notify us immediater and then delete this an?: all "rom your svster?. Email cornmt.:hicetions are not secure and are not guaranteed 'oy Bell Gully to be free of unautriytsed interference. error or virus Anyone who communicates with us by email is talten to accept this risK in this email which does not rotate to the official business of Bell Gully is neither given nor endorsed by Bell \J'l THE WEEKEND ENTERVIEWOCTOBEH a. :o Technology Salvation ?n early investor in and ti 9 founderr of Clariurn Caplt .as hit a dead end. By HOLMAN JR. The housing boob blew up so catasrropn' ?t [at US down it blew up becaUse our technooretir: eiite told Us to eXpect an 1 - -- n'l. area Except for oompoters and the irternet. the idea that we?myth- Sooh is the claim 0? Peter Seriously, or who is a recently reported .- the most fer: 'nr'o and Yang Ims of investing?narrow technology and Dread macro?are behind his Singular diagnosis of our crisis. "All sorts of things are oossible in a wortd where you have massive progress in technoiogy and EMS "1 Umducti?rity.? he says. "In a world where wealth is growing. you can get away With printing money, ?rig the debt error the next 2.0 years is not a problem." . enough money that his orackpot ideas are taken . ut- of PayPal and an eariy investor this stake was - leader of a group known as the "PayPal ma?a," perhaps in the world, behind companies as diverse as Tesla (electric cars; warn-law when he was a toddler! Studied at Stanford and oeoame a securities . a second twist to his career by iaononing a global macro hedge fund; Ciarmm is with some of the great maoro investors, such as George Soros and Stanley I on the direction of world markezs "This 95 Where [TOda?g? is] very different from the 1930s.. in the ?30s the Keynesian stuff worked at east. in the sense that You ?Will Wilt money Without in?ation because there was all this productivity growth happening. That's not going to work today "The new"? ?We DUNN Suborime houses in Maori t?lel?E} betting on technological progress. They were oetmtg on energy orsCes coming down and living standards going oo? ?hey were betting: it? 5m"- the gains [0 make our deots afford-sole W975 get 5380K to what ali this means. ivlr Thiel wants to meet me at a noisy coffee shop near Union Square iirlannattan Because a Fortune wr?ter invited to his condo wrote aboot hi. outlet? Mr Thiel tells me "And i don"t have a butler 1' - Hi3 mun?iane thoughts these days whether shoeid go oubric, Answer? Not anytime soon As a general or'nrzioie. says "ifs somewhat dangerous so be a oanv that's suc?eedi?g i? a context Where other things aren tf' ihe specific oiisstion or' a Faceboott initial WONG Offering harks bad? to me Ooogle ?30 ip 20.04' ?me said Gonliie's debut ?tad reopened the window that ?rad Elli-38? W'th the ?mung Of the teen b? ?mi! of ?w tech companies would come to market. it didn't happen. hint at ti? 3. tNile: and 3 what Google showed, Mr. Thiel says. is that the "threshold" For had ratchet? a Samanesg?mf Even for a Neill-established, profitaoie tomhar'y?WHICH 900913 Was at me ?me-"the Goat?hene?t trace-arr" N33 ?irmly :in the sine of staying private ior as ong as possibie. Thiel was early enough -n :re Facebook story to see himself portrayed in the fictionalized rnoyie 21me Its birth "The Social Newton: (He's the stock, venture capitalist who tm?licm?f??ier?f the ea? rolling; toward Cutting out Facebocii?s allegedly y-ctirnized oofounder Eduardo Savenn.) Today, Mr. Thiel (the real onei has no remit to discuss the company's many controversies. Suffice it to sail ?mum he believes the right company ?won? the social media wars?the company that was about meeting real people at Harvard." its great r'yal, trig/Space. founded in Los Angeles, "is about oeing someone take on the Intern mGVie star." he says. He considers it "very healthy," he adds. "that the real people he" people Oniy one thing troubles him. "i think t's a probiern that we dont have morer the Only Company that?s doing this well." Maybe this explains why he rs!" coilege kids who drop out to pursue entrepreneurial ventures. Mr. Thiei is pnlegrnatic about his own hedge iunc, which to . . . d?'ded by the market partial recover from the panic of 2008. Lists -- faces an Uphill battle is convince others of his long-term View. which he in. artificial intelligence: "People don't want to believe that technoi q? - int-ted than peopte thins. And the question nanotechnology?all these areas who is why." en: fiscal fix. Credit is about the future. he says, and a or policy leaders. though. have yet to See this bigger - ot agree with the them ideologicaily. but they?re quite good as 9 variable that they?re betting on is that there?s ati this technological if that's wrong. it's iust not going to work. You wilt not get this Incredible. picture. "Bernane. - macroecon o. . hiel says he below - i sure to describe him as a socialist. i might even say he has a naive and touching . as you can impose all sorts 0i burdens 0? the system arid ?i Wilt Still . :3 him otherwise. lylankind, says Mr. Tniel. has no inalienable right to the progress that has me last 200 years. Today's heightened political acrimony is but aforetaste of the "grim Malthusian" . ead, with politicians increasingly trying to radistribute the fru'ts of a stagnant economy, loosing even more . of stagnation. Question: How can anyone know science and technology are under-perfm?mi?g ?imparted i0 D?ientiai? It's card. he admits. Tnose who scone?"unwersity professors. the entrepreneurs the venture capitalists"?are "biased" in racer of the idea that rapist orogress is haunt-Lining, he says. because they're raising ?10173? "The means VOU and me. who in this age of specialization treal science and technology as skin to know anything Bu: rook. he says. an the future we once portrayed EN "The detains." tire don?: have flying cars. Space exploration is stalled There are no mdersea cities Household robots do not cater to our needs. Nucietsr power "we should be buiirtmg like crazy." he says. but we're sitting on our hands Or look at today's soience fiction compared :o the optimistic nsion of too original "3:ar Trelt" Contemporary scaence Flotion has become uniformly "dyfitqpian?" he say?s. "it's about technology that doesn i. work. or that is can The great exception is information technology, whose rapid advance 5 no fluite "So far computers and the internet have been the one sector immune from axes-salve regulation." Mr Thiei .Jel-yers his iriews with an extraordinary almost physical effort to out nis thoughts in order and phrase :nem S-orne-rrhere in his 42 years, he obviously d1scoyered the of getting a halo. unusuar argumeni translated successfully into popularjournalism. AL uu Ff. For enquiries- ptease quate: IT: 201 [[300002 NZ Consutate General 2425 Olympic Ste 600E Santa Monica Ca 90404 NEW ZEALAND CITIZENSHIP: Peter Andreas Thiel A Address: Peter Thiei ShOf?BIld fr I 0 13m; the a {r {q-Hi?tkh . . x, \x?i Telephone: E?mait: The Minister of [htemat Affairs hang name) subject to him taking I 1th ot- i Q) are-W mg. m: tlia': Peter Andreas Thiel . . at - ?er Andreas Thtei usmg the aoove e0 htaet -heture the 01? another The Minister has at . 1 tat/mild he . 4 WOH . ?t dais (Q5 .55) .. of the ceremony date and venue, The ceremony date .: 4 weeks in advance give i:he Department time to complete the -.u.;eumentati0r1 and fee-Nam it be Dtpiomatie Bag to you. 6 I the certi?cate to be vahd the must be administered and the Certi?cate presented on the date which you advise the Department will be the date hthe ceremony Yams sincere-1y but Sewetar?y for (menu! s'\f'faits Direct telepf: nne tine:? FM. i? i Con?mnation Form For all enquiries please quote: CIT: 2011000002 Date: Ceremonies Team Citizenship Identity Services PD. 802: 6147 AUCKLAND 10 10 I will be able to administer the of Allegiance I Name oprplicant: PeterAndr ie (A (S :mw Date ol?Cermnony: Yeast t'WWw-Jeeks after the date of reply) I . address) phone number: ru 3/ - (Signature) FULL NANEE OF ADMINISTRATOR: 1 1 Designation. ?Fax this form to: +64 9 363 7785" For all enquiries please quete 2011000002 August/201 1 Mr A ?Thiel Peter Thiei Sell (my 1.. 21. i3 ?711'thilad Sitcet, 3:13: Centra Box 4199 AUCKLAND 1140 (O- ??543 ,r - -. af{at Dv?f Mr Thial firm Us "a a in a New Zealand Citizenship: Peter Andreas Thiel I All Congratulations on becoming *1 New I: if; '5 "7 Your citizenship certi?cate- is an W?t?r?h? ?Emu/i" it?: Emu Store it carem?y in a safe place along with your w?l become invalidThe cemncate 5L ry q. I .. the deta?s on ii": ".21 ug?kiaw?wntauMk?" I ,3 Ceremomes Oj?cer for Sec for Internal Affm' r3 DI Fer all enquiries please quote CIT: 2011000002 August 20 1 NZ Consulate General 2423 Olympic- Ste 600E Santa Monica Ca 90404 ?Kl: Ii. 1?New Zealand Peier i EX v3 \k it 31Thank VOL: tar con?rmmv the Jn'un'i-a "133. $931 Vew e: - A - \v f1.) 12 August 2011. I (/Pit?2:156 {ind enCIOrscg-TJ?N: - who has mer ?11? wifw'f?mg am of Aliegianee 011 the Bible or other Holy Book I . '1 coo? :rc- . ?hf- xv? 3? \if'ravt'. [ti h?rity features to prevent counterfeiting. These have Sad to the 1 of no {anger requiring the signatures of any authorisad person . 1 1- - '1 xii? ?5 1m: . t. i' :I'c'uc. .5.- val?d ce?i?cate will have a seai in the. bottom left~hand cemer. ?3 $G?gf??i?cate ?0 be valid the Oath ofA?egiance must be administered and .1. xi}, ?t?i?ficate presented on Friday, 12 Augustl?llthe conclusmn of the ceremony, please tax Loutnmatwn of Attendance Form back to the: Department t0 update Peter Andreas Thiel?s citizenship record. Yours sincerely. ,eremonies Of?cer for Secretary for Intemai At?f?alrg DDI Fax: Con?rmation of Attendance Form CIT: 2011000002 Date: Ceremonies Team Citizenship [dentity Services PO BOX 10680 WELLINGTON 6011 <3 A ?a I I I confirm that: i% I Name: Peter Andreas Certi?cate Dam: Fug); Cami "care (The same as shown on the certi?cate) Designation Who Designation _W?l_lcre_ I Fax: 64 4 382 3406 CEREMONIEST EAM, For ali Buquirics please quote 21') [1000002 Mr A. ThieJ'. Peter igl' Gully I. i133 Shorti?and Street. Verso Cc .trre Box ?15.99 [140 Dear Mr Thiai Congmmiajonsi The Minister of intern'l Af?irg gas; CLLiz-?enship. Citizenship will be granted ti) you at a I Af?maclon 0f Aliegia/nca and be presented wwiw ,2 Wymux that you do not miss I. \k 11. ?12 months or the, appz?ovai for If ynu change address please, write:- :0 your car-3:: (my is impoman?t the grant Oi? citizenship may . v) Heasr: that e41) [Kn applicant becomes a New Zealand citizen ir' Hashim been issued. a advam I saw ceremony as 300:: as {has has been arranged. gar-:3 33am, Ci?tizenship Operations The Depamnent 9E {sitemai Affairs PO Box. 6147? Wellesz St AUCKLAND i 142 Free Runner 0800 22 SI 5 i 1 Fax: +64 ?9 363 7 85 Email Address: govt. Yours 5 incarer . I - [mil 9 r! - . r" 15"! [?31 lilel?JJ?i 951mm Fer all enquiries please quote CIT 2011000002 '20 January 2m Mr A Thiel Peter Thiel Guily 2 48 Shm?and Street, Verse Centre Box 4199 AUCKLAND 1140 Dear Mr Thiel ZEALAND CITIZENSHIP a. licatien. [have . . sight them again, Should. I require any miuz'ua . direetly. ,1 <2 Ween the ., out-come in writing accordingijy?. ?i - ter Seerefary [ntemal Affairs Direct Line indesed birth certi?cate 1 baptism certi?cate translation 4 photos receipt een completed it will be sent to the Minister for 2111 enquiries please quote CIT 2011000002 919 April 201 1 Mr A Thiel Peter Thic?l 86?} Gully 21, 48 She r?am?l Street, Verso Centre 'r Box 4199 AUCKLAND H40 Dear Thiei NEW 252?; JAND CITIZENSHIP: Your Personal Det 0mm- When your application is considermiou and you ?3 A 1 ,1 .1 ?10 31.1"; - '1 - Eur Andreas Thiel g: km 1. Frankfurt, Germany on 11 October 1967 49K - UR GENTL Ljf'??hes'e dermis are wrong or you ?uent! 50 affiaruu'lv ?Ih?l? ?ff/17?: TV, {1h 7?14" {hf/HE, .90ka 11!, I) A}an Eh" 6 Labia/?15107 lib [vi-r0! wi' m" applicaifaw :3 approved. Th3 Pamporr Q9358 Wily; the r?ecoraiec?i on yaw ci?zenskip 'xta?f?l?d? a. New 59535559075 50 350%. 15436350" WM Ch?mge you? "lame [l is imparting-rat shag? you check #23 deiczii'; recorded 51570143 and 555! imj?nedi?fgi?/ if. were as; mistake. P3956 new that becoming a New Zeeiand citize? may affect yeur right {0 keep your currem citizenship and Passport. Please contact your embassy Of 1?61) resentativ?c if you used mom infonnation about thist I i: you change vow.? address or 'atmc?i @3115, OF 53590? to the L?flnigtgv ?1 r? . H, is Lr?uportamz 32w L21: us me'?dlai?} 1 041M6- w?th Gimme-?1 ii a) 3531'}. 10 7 OE K536i? 13 {iguana ?lms.) zips?! INA nxoi?thg (2uGCh-L-Jix basagd 13?? '32: Citizenship Case Of?cer Department of [ntemai Affairs Direct Line Address \?L?fl a, (12:you bacome a citizen, you W111 have ?30 use Your .gmd you Should make. sure you have a vahd (CSIdentM??t V1.3 '1 ?ts Foo/scat) PLEASE DELIVER THIS A g-w I . L- 2.559%? 1 if?i?lii??lM?kA?lN Wm PHONE: warm CW5 aid A 1 A (in?ame/rm ADULT GRANT CHECKSHEET Hr .1 fir. ?lm ?4 2" Ha?z?, . Ta: i Requirements ist Comments . A llnitiai correcr form completed I V'l i/ . :Tasft correctCOS typeeco [Mi niigqhiniijoolied?before PID checked Fees -_correctiee paid date iu_i fee. paidentered 'Ent? try-nth} to NZ date entered i ?11 I x3 we iiEaritity required documents provided 7 .. copied certi?ed vv 1 date ofbirth WC L. A it, Details 1- piece a country of birth 5:15.? 1' I - gender _l if Errentcitizenehipfs} I XE 1 i 1? Names currentnamee A I previous marriage namem?h'?w'r A - othernemes Jr? 9-1-55? - Contact [address al MMAHW time (xx ww "5 a meme ?nder 47mm? mew} ?ner?ruff? hwiitinue to reside; pg Mamet? priest in - ire? 2 "51" I- _rlLI/ Wooument form evidence Hf i - - - I. thiamine?conducted . araeter lw form questions answered - I -- standard checks compieted a - referral toiiP considered . 7 detrimental comments if y?ri?f? r, m. . .. -q 37.- .. . - ?ier?em onym oath or af?rmeiion attend with iamiiy Si x?ref iiz fr 1 Ethan? I _S'tet?iee?l j?istat?jq deelere:ion?finci 8. i5) i7 - i Err?3i TE i error updated - persona! deteite ietiter sent I w? payment oege destroyed Signed tic Dated Cane Cii'f'ieer: Biodata Gi?r?efi Na ?re, Title: Mr 93min; ?dailies: THIEL Preser?i \r?IiZel?Si?JOisj Fee :1e Recorded AXE. System Andras; ?mail I . oslai Phene General Applicatiori Details SUBMIS Action: iriiriietere C-chorr'e Bate Actionee: Ceremony Details Privai?e Ceremony: VenLe Name: Local Authority Certificate Details Secti-ng?? n? Data Cor-?em Slams Allocate to Tearn Stems Application Create Status Apoiicei?an MEI-mail?! iijieeored Status Star? talus Aziocare go Case Of?cer Statue ,3 eclicei?or hieintainee Status eppiirxaiior Stains Even-sis} Auer Statues ?xzairi?raieed Status oxen! ew Results Cii?leo' Status Aesiicazioo Slams escalation Meier:- ?ea Siaius Assiicafior?: Erie We rzerj Statue sailor Maria ?ed Siam, Agrii?icatiori Status Ae?iicericri 1,2? Stews Main Stages Aaotmefen Serreor talus maintainer; ates lwiicarsoe iriairiemer; (allr?__h_ {?ibe {if} i :?Jidil Peter Arid reas American Phone _fax Fax . English Language . . .. eon 8(230?] intertion lo Continue to COVER SHEET632 Status: CHECK Application Type igfsiirj Oath. {if sat-set; Jargon .?la . Frankfurt Amount $00 Receipt No Senedeie diJDl'?, Jeer fl: .f ,L?ioprovel Le'tw' Date: \x Statue smiled and Dre 6: bed =?irierii'rer 13.98MB odefr?i??eiy 2* NZ . Residential Eeemrement Seotion Oi file . . . .l Section ill . :?tr Reecensibi and Date Created 05-Jan-28 i 9 Date Created Date Created {?ver?20 Bate Created Hem-20?? Date Created Baden?20? Date Created "laden?20?? Date Created 36-Jan-1204 Date Created wean?201 Date Created {36-Jan?2537 i Date Created I Date Created Oi?niraeQC? 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Ira-l Z'qg '1 age )i 1., Status A?ph??t Evan?s) Ems ?LrF?l?Ji'catfen Checked Date Created 29-Apr-201 Date Created 29-Apr-2011 Created Created 31,: a mei New Zealand Consulate San Francisco [nzconsf@yahoo.oom] gent: :rirja'; Jamar-r Etl? i 4:10 om. o: Subj?ct: #13: new seal-are i CateQOries: To be done Thank you For your email. I did, indeed, sigh: MrPeter Thiel's and I compared all pages of the original with all the pages of the copy whti @tiri ?1 J3 I hope this information helps. Please feel free to contact mail?og?eye?gny ?133.79 t} a i. -- . QUES (if) incereiv; K, Iris- New Zealand Honorary Consul - San C?s: "a ?v i Sent: Thu, January Subgect: New Zeaah" nu: l? 1" l/ x& Hello My u: nil are a ,w Zealarid citizenship case of?cer 0 ?aux and Correct copy of Mr Peter Thiei?s American passport. As per our policy and are we ?en ?wpages are certi?ed you have only certified the or his passportManager it is fine for us to accept this certi?ed copy or th:s passport es long as you can -: gm you sight the original passport. silver-'1 to hearing from you real soon. Kind regards tizenship Case Officer identity Sewioes For Secretary for internal Affairs .3 . . ._ll .2 are iall .alb?we?u?a . 1; essago and any attachments contaln in formation that may be con?dentialit?, you are not the amended (soil/orient, as Lia's/1 dementia or mil-f or this w, mu u. 1kg, v; 2, meander: aftuuome 71L: lo pitted)? QtOh?bli?d. it you have renewed. this omen nicest-15s lit; @486 at. Lit Ch?! lUCb-Jd?e Billie: dLidClLiT?tFEF?tb. 13411K yQLt. ilequasz 145755 - 03.900901 Statuszt Approved Approver {gated on; 1:4ixo1j-2O4, 3 Completed on Requester name: I 3mg, Daytime phone] xi! no: i tu.Level21l48 Shortianci Street. lb?erce Centre, P0 Box 4199 I Sub-urn; I Email i2 GILL AUCKLAND 11.40 *CIient IL reference Country: ?ew Zealand Transaction detaiis Product group: iCItizanehip A lug OriginaiAZG FTCQEGCSEIEE transaction: A Application numoer: 2011000002 A A Revenue gathered 'DebiUCr 33;: 1 an Refund metnOd of - \v?v payment: A A .3- Rer?und amry?ntz?l 031' ?atefg?}; ifst ?n 5: L) ASKS a .rre e130?er men?- 3-13 - 13 No em Mr Text Sreur Overpayment \3 ?"IJur "Refund Letter Mutt" ?mll '03 used to compim? 513mm?? I This payment :epresenia the refqnd efyour overpaymem- omments: Please send a cheque made out :0 Be?. Guiiw or $50.00, The}! paid for the tranS?atims originally A 14.101.12.01 9. {2:08:33 pm. Request status Request status: ?oor 5 Originator- IJ Approuer' nae Refund "1 RES Refunds I I Admmistrater: Administi?aior: I Creation ?are: 041'015270?1?1? CanceHatien dag :?alh - II- II I: A era?c?:- 07' a I Signamre (JV-id A T0: TRANSLATION SERVICE Level 13, Prime Property Tower 86?90 Lambton Quay, I WELLINGTON DATE: 06 anuary? 201 Appiicadon Number: CIT 201 1000002 FEE PAID: mom ?x CITIZENSHIP OFFICE TRANSLATION REQ {a 1? Apphcagnt Mr Peter PLEASE RETURN TO . Application for New Zealand Citizenship Raraun gaAotearoa - Pakeke I I 00 (16 yea Before you start, read the ?Apileation guide for adults and children' and check that you her thir?lgsl You will need to send them with your application. l/dUl birth certi?cate or your country?s equivalent passport {or most recent if it has expTred) 'yoUlapplicaticn fee of $460.00 per adult t?rJO oassport-sized photographs (less than shr. months old}; ?r?o-U might also need to send Other documents is a statutory declaration. Please make sure the information you provide Is Zr If it :5 later found that you have provided false or misleading information, you so - citizenship, or race criminal charges, or porn. GO onilne to for more information. a How to answer - you ?Just answer all the questions on this form a use a blue or black pen a tick answers in boxes like this A printanswers in CAPIT letters like thir- nwheh you see this icon it means fif?al' ?uake extra Miller? a What is your full name? - 0 Title) olease tick one i/ Mr .465 Other {please specify} I .k?ou will. need to send your 4/ Male Female lather original birth document with your application. a what is your date of birth? Ifyour birth doom-lent is not in English, It will need to 5 Where were you born? he mnsiated' see ?f . the guide. City; town or village you were born Countrr you were born seenaey r. Decl?le use different names for ail sorts of reasons- rou used any other names during we War Darn-es a VOW 3r haw; been known as. For exemple: mar-seq namesIr ?T?s-jar mam-re; 'T??rdl cheeses or? name, Enqil?sh heroes. ?ames ?Sad at 35mm 6r I?m" kunya ?ames, inactive ?arses or or?; First .eI- Surname or I?arnih,r name Why did you use this When did ya Ls use tH name? name? (8-9 '5 1993?20?09) Now some questions about your parents, 0F FWEWCA - . ?1 . "vgcemp??ts't?is A I i if your sther?s other parent?s detaiis. father ?ssile-d. Father?s ?rst and middle names Keeug FRwenaacH Father?s surname or famih; name Father-?3 citizenshi?s) for New alan?df? alarm Aotea'oa Pakeke innit M. slaw? read me guide rur grim: and and ..l1ec.l< that VOU ?we tnese air-[fig w-l; reel to Bead chem will?. you aapll?aEiG?- yew bivth certi?cate wag: :rmn?cw?s equivalent Gala/wan: if lt has exp-?red) agpuzamn of $460 per adult - :m ohctographs {leg than six months old} his form a Statumn/ declaration lease male sure the info-mafia!? VOA is - is Found that you cave false or? mislean l?f?lmal?lm?h :Jl? face :riv?i?al crarges, Hr both .a're ta gown: far mere ll?grma?on How is answer? 9 must answer all the on this - use a blue or black gen E?ck easel/era ll? boxes like this print answers in CAPETAL letters like ll?; What is your full ?ame? ?Tit-e, please tick. one. . Miss Other {please speclr?yl feta T, 1? ex? Wale Female f?flwer GK Lilltn?ewi ,Szaiie?i nail-mt201%,? ?31? mass where NEE ?Niall: Cjuntrw 3i" A ,4 U. LGulm?b JO yOu Flo-1:3 Llilzens?nip 9mm new? {e-I ?-ew?dlf? - A, . E/J?ulegLa? Jnl?i?r-L?J r: ixoa? ll?Jrr' the . -- -- ..-. . . ., I n: q; mes yqu libted w. I hale you ever seen a en saw me. ecu b: arias) r?l'l?t ?ere a. h; a is this the ?rst time you have applied For f?xlew Zealand citizenship? No i rave apalled before ii! the East ?ve years, all-hat passports travel docum Pm: :he cetails it?: the table below. include all expired passpe - II. . . ?r?x is?. . 'ts travel docareemm 3,11: . 5 I I Passco?rt trave: document 3 travel :ecument rrem? we?g?ealand driver licence3 will need te provide all the original do: uments of each marriage, divorce, or civil unlen with this form. ?10w many times have you been married er iv a civil union? Print the mum-gar mere Drlr-t the details or? each in the table be?ew 1 at name cf your wife ,5 megaan 3' civil 0F few husband civll .micr Gamer 98.771381?, before mare? i ?1 . I mate or marl'la_gg A: 1 . 3 am!? .-4 use dzn?erent nerves for ail son: or reasons; 5 you gsee ornef names during gem Mae? 2 nde aii' ather ?ares you are Known as, or have seen Knew as? For Eifampief maria? name-qr 1 names, changes of name, ?ames. names used at: arzhnol or' {Un?fa cpn?ve names or any other names in :3 . (A. Fifi?" Surname or family name U?Uhy did you use this When did you m; name? name? (e g! 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YOU . .mn?rm that: new: 'reau and undersmod the icnm I A, i i y. a "Ii-?13: Jr?yr?ujfi'q 50.! 1 germ 'c n: - staged gtheg-rnga in this acclicazjgf1-: Jr?rj?n? m?np3am! r13 Cl C1 34imay Eva}: my 53:33: 5.: JZEHSWD Er arr)?: cen?r": that Lmder?stanci {he :esmmsiblrt?es and EHhere is any Tang-,3 which at;ch 3? m; Mr" Him@395 13;; air ?ne answers i'l .. a?plli?ut?, i Wm send .. . a A, A, 4, :?mn advice 1-: ?me Dranartmar?: fo'f- fer-"a; Ag: Res onsmzim s: canuntil the pomt i. nave .q I, ., . 3? ?kr? I underscand that If do iwrf?g,? ?a 038'; :r'Crr?eta laws of Nam Zeagar?Rf; -- . A ?r?ar vj h" CO -J?r'lflr?? ?'li'tr . rm?? Sets 7:32 arm" 3 -- A i judx GE: mama/?? I ?x I 3 'xegster CO vote r- r. - any - rh'n Minister - 138;!in Te grnr"? 4f r-l . . ?as? ml: ml: -'imn;red 162-: Cu magenta Ear-nee. rig-?315. is, Ministw of chial Deaths and Marriages ?b :waieges: :mrgs mt cmzenbm ?9.53 m: Have the. :igh: to ?iv? New Zea?an? T: G?f?fseas and Ire-tum a} new Zeaiam on a New Zeaam 2 . -. . C: Heine manta-s ?054: .ealanc Mgratg? r. 9.33ng 1" I {a '?T?r?ra Departmen?zof?intemai Affairs to r'alease Have rig-13 access so elf-"Tr a. . 1-: address to ioca! Member of Par?amen: and . a A 19,32 ccurciilors in orde~ that they can rorma?y weicsme 45;: 71.? t' 1&2159New Zaa?ianc rahowrg ?my grant of altazensmp facts in this apgiication are cor-mt. am; 1 make this solemn a same be {we and 7345; agnge of" ?ne Gama and. Dedar?aticns Act 1.95? er: {Jargon to vm?mess you?" signature"? I. . 'c'e a U0 YOU save 351 aut??f?i I gared n; ma. w. H- ugithira' 53 731m L4 three .- 51?J??d me a mush sigr ?:Hs ram and campiete the ammo mr?qrmatlon on 1,536 Same Jay - Page 9 Narnia -- - 1 wave sure whirl- vol: need- burs-re rim.- sen-:3 us your aocarcawn, niease mare sir: rot Hulwas lica?clonwi?l be delayed r01: Cicn't all tne original document; triat yOu need in, your i All original documents will be ?eturnatl to mu send phonocopies Emir/me needs to inese Wlti?: in ,rr apolication: two aassaorl. pnetns {less than six months 0 signed by ar autnorrsed EEVSOH .1 5 1" - the apalication. fee {$463.30 per adult); please see me back page OI his corn 4 Check your answers 1:0- these questions; you might 3.30 reed all your marriage civil uniOn divorce name fEngiish is net your ?rst language, proof pg 1? of the gurce for more Inflammation about authorised translations mama to give U5 these you will need to explain why in the space below- mu could send us a letter witn your application L- Page 10 a Q: If you want someone eise to teik to us on vow oehai? you wili need to send us a Signed letter thy '1 pr .ies the information: 1 We pertain?; name or company name 2 T'neiroostal address 3 Their phone oum?oer; email address and fax number or :eii phone numoer {fey have any of these} Show to contact us f?j? New Zeaiand: Freephone 0800 22 51 Si in or (+54 4; 474 8123 Er." jeoartmeot or" Internai Affairs PO Box 10680 61433 l- 1 .. to keep track ofyour original documents, we win application ii" person. atone of our of?ces. 5: 3:4qu for ?nore information or go online 'to citizenship govt?z For more information a?wiow piease tum to the back page to ?ii out your payment detailsi Page .11 .1 ?g If you are gianted citizenship, do you intend to liraVel outside New Zealarid in the next 12 mgnt?ngP ?igude trips you have planned, explain why you are going, for example: holiday, work, study, to live Pilot the full address in the spaces below "i Flat number 3? I Yes. Printyour travel plans hora . (AKK -. (in what date are you leaving ?u?lhy are you (going? How long are you Emilia r'rn" I I . 5? Now Zea loud No Mr goiu Work roll phone (if any) What in mail r359? This ?rV?lere will ?'le and'lm I "we? a conversation about a lot of everyday things in English? Same as above, where I live - and check [39 10 or the guide 1 i my riot sent to this; can wear. English in werydar hirinaaiom You should send at least one the moi-111: your awliwtimr My a: a New Zealand sci-loot, or a 31435: c' tuner-1? employa' (who as a ?rst language) I I Mame ?u woof. {db??91; rjga??ed 15"? - Stir-30: number Pl} Flo): lumbar: ?va 1741Street .iuzirr-s - - - i, T. Postcode r' .f ., . From year to year - i - E- 1! Country A ll 1' Page 4 mo Emu: .533: 6.1. Gr. 5. a. $3 35W :mm km?. gau?adr 2.5% mm, a Eutw mum OM. mmcu Exam wEv 3.. L. J. it? 0E9. m?mv?ff mam? 0 992m mummgmu?mhim Ume . T. wwEm Ewan/m. SQ. N.. r. Mm?thwr?m m. In? MOMWTH. OLE C. meert?mw: N. my.? me. 360 Ema, m5 Mg?. .mumE 52m m. 20mm. 9.56.: g: .. ?mamm 9. $5.53 Ea, E9 N. .r if 13.9 . u: 1v ?0,cmrah?i 53 f. .. 15:0 5 0.. 9E umxmm mm: mt ac: mcaw?ro :Enm?m p. ow .l Laird? CCZA ?curmmgm?mo EFL. Ema. :38an Sem? m: Subl?ect: a h-?mu? Il-lm Peter Thie! 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Jay) 5 refer :36 OUT teieomne conversat?an m, advised sresently averseas and he has asked me to assist ham with Peter Thfei's citize?snip oer-e are two minor maiiers an the draft report. ym ham femarded :0 us which smui?d perhaps be con eenca. am is eaklng a? on i aisa in Wu?: 7*3' i MT ?as men-1' a Etn?g?d m. gased Book amomt i3 smaf; sesame the campany 13 5M in, "very earE?; days and if 51?. goes according {0 ?313?. a much Sarger gm/eslmmi MU Be nexf year sn. mm: .n - way i1?: me O. a? .- uddan graham {acme sgy gem-gang w: an vampil'! rem ?amaze .0 re 3 ?fz?dbue Maw Zeaam iemmlogy mamaHuman :1 5.39:: arid :1'7d LMtfieaStdFU 31439715"; trust this information is at assistance Please do not hesitate to get in touch with me if you require anything fu?her V?i?ith kind regards Sincerely BELL GULLY Ettaet, t?feziington. New Zaaiand ?unaware; may mniarr niurmatim: wr-icn Is :cmitlentiai 3r subjemto v.5 mu hen 19mm this: amail 5mm gum system 1mm!? I . Tr ieil ?3 fr?. Irea in! mahihmiscn me?arerue arrnr 3: mm; kiwier uho v31: Jib}: girl-RE] . HS tisk @3333 refer to git-.9: neriguily mm for more information or to via CAUTION: This email message be LEGALLY PRIVILEGED 655 age or att?tchments .ttr' - :0n that may be con?dentiat and mat 3. . any use; disclosure or cepying of this this emaii? message in error please notify Thank yam Hm.? Pram Sent? Llama? 11Mav 2'311 5:08 pm CE: Subject: Citizenship Appncamom Peter Thiel -nahk you for your ?iirre :hls afternoon and i .mderstand you rave been very busy moving Oa??cgeg A rz?ewtionec it may be Jee?w? zo- ada me foilewim to the application after mention .3 made er :he home in ihe Peter Thiei has mace an offer for the Dumb-338 Of a he} ?day fame {a a any way 1eiay the apohca?uon ihen please proceed such an Many thanxs Wim regare?s a a From: ?we e- 2.: Sent: "hers-jet: 13 New 2317. 8:30 ?Xv? 3- {xx ?x 5. Sub'ect: in??i??tiO? PeFer "Hie! .. a? a L. wing; {300d Mormng - LE )?{shew for g1w?g me eddx?nowai I Thank 304 L'eryouremail ou??mng w: . . f- eaves Corrected the "an-e act;- 4.593%: the investmeni in Book Trackin dz?) 5H 'irygnai lnformatlon ?ea? yen have provides about (21- veeting with the Ministry of Ennovat?an . to contact me or email me . A . . 5? were ES 53> Cir-11:: for Subject: Ci?zenship Application Peter Thie?. _v i refer ?0 recens?r ?te%eph0be {semefeai?m A 7 . Alaa' A am 3:53 aresenw 07955885 and he has eeked me ?3 $3136? mam WIti?! Pelsl' Tile! Teere are t-vo :?r-Lmr ?n the tire genera, you have fon?rarded :0 us mm shame per/?aps be corrected 215.; '1 1.2-. - -- 5 1- New Zeaiam ?4 AUCJ. Tfagk amcm?z? 55 sesame ?nhe mammary is sail in earzy days are; if all goes accord'ng to plan a much arger [magma-11: will be Maxie sex: year It may be worth wmle noun oar: meet with amom" ?f?i?35a'5 :h Peter ms ii?el?au '8 or SJenca and i 'mrr sum ?0 With the establishment of an Auckland based technology company ?nCUbatO' as we? as semng up a ?mm? a San Francisco to help New Zaaland technology companies to the US. This is also a matter that thg?d In with the Minister of Science and Innovation and I understand is currentiy being progressed ig?g?ter il?. ?r trust this information is of asastance Please do not eata'te to get In touch with me if LICU require anything fur-her With Kind regards Yours sincereiy 3, BELL GULLY z'P/ 6 171' Featherston Street. We?ington. New Zealand a . cop??ight If you are not the InLengeq are not and are not guaraqteeg :5 my email %5 taken to accept. 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Dmoml?w? ow . . . . 973.. m: Eggme .1. p: Picase return to-itizemhip Of?cer: WGN1 CIT: 201 THE DEPARIMENT or INIERNAL AFFAIRS I I Ta Tari Tuiwhenua WARNING It is an offence to make a statement which is false in aw,r particular, for the purpose cfgaiping cifizanship. if citizenship is obtained by fraud, false rapresentallnn, or the any material fact. the person concerned may be deprived of such altizanahlpFuIlName Peter Andreas Thiel i? Address Contact Phone 1 ##71 v? I 23. Have you ever been canvicted or fom-Jd guilty 9:31.36! 3:311:13: me; lawyer-3\Il. ,1 VJ if 24. Have you ever cornmitted yn?cnc a rh} inch you . I, convicted) . 1 25. Have you 111511343] ?apt? Zealand or oversaas (2?qu ?nes, ?si etc. Do not :?nciude parking I \?xrf, ah? 1 4? at?; ?x a . II. If?" XI: ?3 1?5 Date March 2 2 0 ll SERVICES I TE MTOHGA TUAKIRI DEPARTMENT OF INTERML TE TAIWEENUA Snulcn? Hausa 4? Baulcuusueaij EU 80:: 13-526, Welling?, New Zealand Talaphcne 08th 22515! Facsimi'e 3070 Waiasite: Wmagam: From Sent: Thursday EC 20?1?: '42 m. To: Zee and Singer-so for Mr Peter Altai: ?hanks; T'arsiatior?. Refuno for Mr Thiei doc Bar'er we can comm-Me processing MrThiei's eppiicatisr? :here are two issues that 1 ?k9 {0 WW (0 :yn. anemia: Firstiyjaopiicents who have seer-t a signi?cant perioo oitime outside New Zealend SHOF (33.5 Affairs tfxarieidering granting citizenship may be required to provide pelice cleararcee I. -i . authori use. if Mr Thiel has been residing in one particular piece outside of New obtainir?q permanent residence through immigration New Z'eaiand! we ?ea-R31] 6 PF HES a ciearar'iea iron" fat siace :he em; country that he has been ?11 for feu is 3: O) American tren bet-ow are oetaiis or how and where :0 Obtain a soii" i ve\?\?err ?ngerprints re .1 fan or by phoning {304; 625 ire-ii send this car-2? 3m: For apph?canfs residing in the United States of Americ: Ax Appiicar'ts must go to wear ioosf poiice station to co Appii'caft Cards may be ore-tamed through State POW, 5590 and sefecting Opt/on #3 Once their fin nts\.ti\ nr? . ?3 mE?-S?r? in New Zeeiarid \2 1'3 *3 . Warn - . Mod, 1? order to present Mr Theii?s aepiioation to the Minister to consider. wou iirte provide .?rier drier to provide or documentation to support his case have read thro gr" Mr There ester to the Minister and the Department feeis that it may be to his advantage to Cumeoze stii?eortirig the statements Er his Eetter The kind of evidemoe he may "NiSh to Provide ino uses the roiiovmg e'Ovsi?iij the esteeiishment of fear ?ufertaires LP in New Zeetaeo? orovim L3 2 A sags?ed iezte. tree. Rod Grin-p CEO of .Klero? confirming his appreciation in Valar Ventures LP investing a ?-.uitri Xero, iz?nis ieiter wiil prove the investment into Xero; 3, ?ery comments orsving the inwestme?t Paoii?o Fibre Limitej. 4 Axaci?iirent 2 the Jets whew were consulted in the context apafeciatirg The New Zmiard 1r.- iv'rh ei'oe?nasis otisinees fnrieuamw and the armature 1f venture Capital crevider Mr rz? at "v 2 1-3 gravid-e rarer-er, ietters signed by some. at tho-'3 menswi?g Mr Thiei's ql-w?? .. .-. A. ?Lei w: A I I Mr ?1 also l; :reurtfe r?urlhet' informatien about his eerscnal Slrvuallon "1 Older i0 ?ns? meter :31. ?e gramec diagram?) adding? the ?1-3 HES abOl? i'lls Investment in Nee-5,3) of information Mr i?rel wish to mu?: md'?.nregme?len er- r'lewlng a base in New Zen-end. Tile Fetter rnen'i-tre that he :ane 3 Marie in Zealand. Mr Thlel may wish to provide evidence of the ownererlp of that ?nfomat'or?l aura-n . arrangements are elace for the maintenance ef the primer?! Wm Curran?? ?em-?95 in the l3 whether he plans to stay at the property when in New Zealend; He may also like to mane a enemalam-Mr .r . regarding- now often he Erlends ?10 visit New Zee and and new 50"?3 9199313 be In New zeal-=3 [ad .iurmj ihese tripe, Alain, Mr Tniei may wen re ermide further statement regarding why he wishes to be granted New Zeala ad citizenship He has aevised me: he believes the wide global network Lhat he has eultiveted be 05 great value to New Zeelane? and it would give him great pride to let it be known that he re a l?le Bland Citizen however he may Wish to elaborate en whether he requires CitizeFiShlP 3" Order 3?3? i in New Zeeian I . Las?tly. :Lle iraneiatien fer ?vlr birth cenlficate is completed. have attache Today i will grganzse icr MrThel?s docurrente 1:0 be sent to you i r" exzre plietee and x? :?ecelpigi For your inferrnerion the ceur?er ireck and - :f yell have any Furtner queries please do not neeiteie to . . Case Glfleer ieer-ll?zy' Sen/ices checreler-z' partment ire-3t Dial: 311 enquiries please quote 1T. 2011000002 116 .1 inuarv 21} 1 1 21, 48 Shor?and Street, Verso Centre 9 Box 4199 AUCKLAND 1140 r\ 1 rr 1 Dear $5.11? 111181 "ir?x x" "x .1 xvi? n? R. . xi?) ?3 1* NEW CITIZELVSHEF v? 1 f; a, '1 u. Ix. Jig-.5 It". Wi? Ram 13 Earn the case 1 :Jr 5,531 n- wv- xwu~sjv a~91?1193111011 xx. v; - ?hw?lkk?: 2? ?sxa our Wm: 13161.1 cvm?uams nave men - - i. um irans1ation and W111 be 5273:4311. 51131?ij I x?\1 11331 . ..4 06 for an Of?ciai I . \l I fa?? fl?) u' I. I. you charge your 31:33 q. Tour appLicaum, piewse contact me i F. Ind??1 If} Frat. 1 f' n. I 1? KHZ/nil I-. A l' 1 Yours 5.3 1I Emai}. NSHIP APPLICATION Fl Note Application Number: 2011000002 Applicant?s Name; Mr Peter Andreas Thlel i Date; 13 April 2-311. ,5 I I E'rrSubjectEff?4.I45. i A meeting was held on the Aprii 201.1. With aggii iawi/er?trom Beii Gully at 8 (X VI "ixwill be a guest speakerl 4; Ch has provided information of the Icehouse conference where Mr has mentioneo in the meeting that Mr Thiei has been approat. on behaii of the Prime Minister to play a role in the offshore initiatives in relation to the Christchurch Earthquake Fond As per conversation with about the supporting reference iettet from Rob Dl?Lii'l/ that it is acceptable to proceed with this letter. In order to present the iflinister with Mr Thiel?s ease I have asked that we have originai documentation regarding Ownership and property papers of his home in Parnell a his investments in New Zeaiand Xero and Paci?c Fibre I Mr i'niei?s Permanent Residence and V?il?lEti?iEt tnis was subject to conditions. ?ias stated that it was 5:..oiect to Mandatory investment oew: was iol?lied or; the of the returning residents visa. . provide the appropriate documentation to me above "as. requesmd a copy of the submission to be sent to him i nave explained the time frame on writing this soomission will be from the time that ail information nas seen received L3 ?uiioridne days, Aitogethet 40 3r" ?la. as he is on holiday. ?es explained that once the su'sn?. Working days. He would like the submission to be sent to him before the Sp, to the subcheckers For checking, Once 33.3.: has seer- written to g: is that? tag. read this then we will sis-h. the submission then even if we leave the Cueoartrnents Recommer?datzon of the submission. 8. ?i?s happy to look over the submission once I have written this. sis?. (r ks. ?x (J Kr.9.- . ?t ifsIraamu??.r?r'xi.~ 3/ frtax: .. areIr'Q'tx 1 a. IL .f/x 1' .- a i. fruity. r! Hug/:1-fn?x? {In I - .r't II x? ?someCitizenship i 5 APR 9311? APPLICATION File \lote I Application Number: 2011000002 Applicant?s Name: 3 Mr Peter Andreas Thiel I Date: 07 January 2011 Author t?m?m? . I i I Subject: ll Art ,1 K. i it?? l; \x ?h 3. '34- i \kl'l} \f I . As per conversation with -we do withdcau "'tf?tegap?jpiy form for this application due to the fact ig?BNt?ea/letter enclosed and also a travel} 1?le [Efrem Auckland especially to submit this applicatio tto I {indir ?tin - applicant wants to proceed to the Minister for enacting l? g; -, \correctlv by the NZ consulate ?e cinly' page that has been certi?ed is in America-his names? vapor: needs to be certi?ed AS per the front mirth-is comers ?n walk . g: i for . . Origin db?nwe?n: than that is ?ne. ox? (A can con?rm that he did it for us to continue with the application ??et?done again if a: C. I LENSHIP APPLICATION File \lote Epplication Number: 2011000002 - ?Appiicant?s Name: Mr Peter Andreas Thiel ?Date: 14 January 2011 Author IRE I I A (?fact Subjectper discussion with '3 }?Ou . . a, ?w are granted Citizenship. do you Intend to tra-' -- Eff?W 12 months and the statutonj declaration, "gist that - (w a -- \n Intention :1 5/3 ill in}, The applicant has not t?r?s not actually in New Zealand at: the ?nccnectxfehgcejtithis queefgn? ?K?aa?f has stated in the attached letter that due to rel/an: . e?'?kggeia?agthihge?'egigge la based companies Clariurn and Founders ?n?tthe??'etter that he would need to remail a L- i resident}; d. 313 *ing his companies). also due to his pubtic Speakll? m?a?nhe cornhz?m? and attendance at conferences and events . r' - . f2 6 i :a?tutollq v5 Airlift/{the declaration which was signed in the United States Mr Thlei has date or 3 December 2010 but on the back of the photo the witness greedy-ere date in the American Style which is the month, date, year-so the date If, New Zealand form as 12 March 2-010. But as per conversation with this we will accept this x- limit 2013 - From; Sent: To: Subject: Mr Peter Thiei Attachments Img?329 13440001 Dear - please Lind act-3 shed the Form completed by Mr Peter? ThiEl- The Of?igi n31 . . . 15 being Couriered to usJ and once we receive, will send to you immedlately. Regards Denice - if"! \u x" a. 1. \x BELL GULLY vii Vero Centre, 48 Shortland Street) Auckland, New Zeiki\ . . . . . inis email, Including attachment' a - - - d?fgh 15 COHFldential (Dr -beft?l?i .. . su JExt cgai pPLViiege or . - he in en p].ease notiFy us immediately and inii 3;!ra- -.. ?iggcuP System. Email communications are not secure and are d: Qw be free of unauthorised inter?ecencej eredp?o - r- sicates with us by email is taken tC) accept this risk, (9, Anything inx 1's .m?i?x,l?c neither efie? Pleaii?f 1 1 I more information or to View our standard terns of I I :11. - Ficase return tu-Cit?zemiap Omcer? New; in: 4 nanny": LL i THE or AFFAIRS I Ta TariTaiwhenua it is an offense Eu make a statement which is iaise in any particular, for the purpose of gaining citizenship; if citizenship is obtained by fraud, false representatlon, or the a - 4 ary materiai fact, the gerson concerneu may we deprived of aU'vh muzenship. {xix .424 Full Name (R .9 -. Address I, I I M1 . . uoniaat Phone .. . (.r?ir-C?N?x .1. 1, 13. Hrwe you ever seen convicted C: round guilty 1?5 ?au? in? .7: .i Mali.1: convicted) . rizw "qr- you ever comnfted -. - EIEEFNIHEEW 1:Lfr? g: . . . NIP: I. . i?h?f? SERWGES 1 TE RATGNGA WAKIRI DEPARTMENT OF AFFAIRS TE TMWHEHUA aauicctt HGUSE. 47 Squisoii slicer, PO Box 1111-526, Eifailir!gimrL New Zaaiand Telenhena 3500 22 51. Facsimlie 6644-474 30m 1 Website: ?W??dllg ovtnz P.- I ?anth h. fl?? A . Fu 3.. 1 tzjugm House 47 Sr? {30 $8 .0 C) Your ref: 02554 7~7655 Our ref: 2011000002 wellington 614,3. Maw bala? I: 3806 21 3! 31 7.5! f/?F?yslr *G?mng ?lmi- Juanwm I :iz-r .- - I -. ?1 Hi?; A Kf f" R/l? \u Ev} '5 \v a Vi) Bell GuliBox4199 A UCKLAND ,??gi?ka Application - .. ?i 2 mbewmbet 2010 and advise Mr Thiel?s citizenship 5 January 2011 r' case of?cer tada}! and processing is underway. BELL By courier Few ?33] Department of internal Affairs EWL 120 Victoria Street MATTER NO Weiitngton on: 21 Decemp?er?gie I. If? ff: r; max) \t - i. \ij) I WK ?t r?f?x Dear rig-fr!? 1" (r xx Application - Peter The! ?if/'iv/ {Ni t\ Enclosed is an application form, together ?mutt peggeppejer air-?Jettfgigrriattcn fee for - tit-?r {at-?st; is a copy of a letter if. two documents] In respect of :his apple HOPE 3% 'L?ecw?nvmg - h?t. ?l I exerCIse cf Ministerial the Minister setting out the circurcstec-m- $31111. app?? ?3alscretion In relation to acceptq? .j in 3 placach five year penod and in . . r?gr 13?h? I) respect of resadence ti"! t, ?t -w?e _z r' .a 'rl\ i Vii" - ?t (a With regard to sweep we! suppiementary information as to the . ., a? year and those projected for the next year are swarmed ?akes for of this disoretion in the context of citizenship rather tnan dramas is premised on the tact that Mr Thiei is in effect as a ?mix. up and mgge?eyet atterge . *7 ?w Thernarrtil?E-fgp? :je happy to discuss any aspect of this appiicattcn? 'v (i2. 4 re ards and Mern Chri tm as Peter Thieil Support for citizenship application. I am writing in support of Peter Thiel's application for New Zealand citizenship.(Q This 'ncluoes being a cor-founder are CEO of PayPal and first outsidfe/in?t i3..l ebogkgm/ V?x . We have gotten ?to know Peter and ?1.3 team over the cast ear etzr eaten Xv . . in Kern and *3 ?re . stage sign . in 1. their Wesses They aim ding the recent networks in the USA demonstrating how I. have been active suoponers and atren Angel investor conference in Nei- Peter is a leading globai- Opportunities for Nag About Red Red Bren; Is CEO and founder of Xero an. online accounting solution for email businesses. CHE Di: New Teaiands {each-@190? wngogy entrg: geneuf-SI 58 a member Of the NEW Zea!and Dr Fame NZ Hi-Terzn Entrepreneurs? "we Year in 2008 and 200? friend Class New Zeelander for ICT in 2003 and an Honorary Fellow er the NZ Ccmceter Sccie?tv. Rod is a Director of the New: Zeaiano 57:30.34 Exchange, was a Director of Tradeivie When it Has soie to Cairfax Media and is a member if" Jn varsity of Werimgron racuity ef Commerce Ad=f?50ry? 908m. 3:00 a feunrier and Di ec-tor of Saci?c Fibre. a new infernat?ona: :?Ibe can a oroject cennerzi?s-g Austrian-a and NZ to {he 93A 30 January 20 11 Peter Thiel - Support for application for New Zealand Citizenship lam writing to support Peter Thiel's application for New Zealand CitiZenship. New Zealand must connect to the world if our technology companies are to reach their potential. San Francisco and Silicon Valle}r are the epicentre of innovation and wealth creation in technology ventures and are the best place for New Zealand technolongr ventures to start when expanding into the lucrativ market. {most recently Xero and Paci?c Fibre) and is gen help our companies find the talent and capi I believe Peter is committed to New contribution to the technology i us Sincerely, Jed?u. Fox BELL GULLV By courier Department of Interns: Affairs Bouicott i-touse WAWERVG A on": A 20122 4? Boulcott street Wellington lie-X'r-n '1 Peter Thlei ht Halafi?rtr; to uni earthents by Valar Ventures in Fibre Limited and ;n Xero . . . 55-5 that forms the basis of confirmation from the New Zealand immigration ?5 . it: that Peter :3 permanent residency was no longer constrained by Section iaia} 35W ear-r13: .- n3 ?r/a?jxt ff Saleem visit. we Technoiogy. DrWeyne Mapp With his iv its. ,treriai Adviser am the Ministry of Science Technology The meeting was instigated by The Minister. The purposes of the meeting was in respect of the set-ting up of a proposed IT Seed Centre Entrepreneurial Hue: offering scholarships for those that have a Science iT Entrepreneurial potential needing exposure wh?ch links back to Peter?s American and Silicone Vailey networks "i I We shall keep you informed in reiation to progress in respect or? this matter. confirm also my comments to you that Peter had made a contribution of miliion to the ?tristc?nurc?n Eartnouake Fund. such funds having seer! facilitated oy Mark Weldon, Chief Executive of NZX on behalf of the Prime Minster (copy press cutting), 4 Beck Track Private Fund Agreement ince we test wet, Vaiar Ventures {Peter?s investment venicie in New Zealand has fast arts-"a shareholders At'resnfent ?x'ltf?. aoert Tracn: sir-truth :3 into n'l. are may thew-n the :1 economy ?zelc are 'J-ev are; no a meme sl'r'e sound ?rack sysnern isr Ur? . OT [5 emoran um IS OSGL F50 . i131? El"! Could this and the subscription agreement with Pact?c Fibre be treated as confidential ?mod if there is any further information you require please contact the writer Yours faithfully Enc \E?wq?k HI.- BELL By courier Department of Internal Affairs u. Boulcott House no 02-347-7665 47 Boulcott Street 25 March 201} A ff) Wellington Ra? If If. :3 .r-Ew?K (fig?EH} I . s. ?maxi/l ?a ,ggiOi It is: \1 I, 8 we? Further to your correspondence. in which you have Q?s title/45.. ?Tlag; information about Mr Thiel's personal situation irfsge s?atish the granted citizenship and our recent meeting 1 I comment as follows: x} 1. MrThiel?s base in New if? Mr Thiel purcr?asf?zsrb . occupied in ?t sonteykm . rneil in January this year This property is Mr Thiel?s staff who are here regularly in the business interestsTait tits? ates that he will still spend a consnderable amount of time of the world to effectively manage his other enterprises "l . . . . . Nye-s details of his busmess trips in 2009 and 2010,. together With details of the tier?{ms events he attended (either as an attendee= speaker, host or panellist} He is scheduled to speak with the Prime Minister at the ice house Auckland University in June, 2. Why shouid Mr Thiei be granted New Zeaiand citizenship We have attached a letter from Mr Thiel outining why he wishes to be granted New Zealand citizenship from both a personal and professional perspective. As you will see in the letter Mr Thiel has great optimism for New Zealand?s Future. He hopes to be able to help grow the country into a hub of technological progress. with world class companies that find success both at home and abroad. To be able to say he is a Kiwi will let him feel greater ease and confidence mobilising New Zealand?s talented entrepreneurs. it will allow him to represent -hem and their companies on the international stage not only as an investor. but also as a fellow it will highlight the fact that his beilet in New Zeaiand is so strong that he has made the commitment to take up residency and citizenship and it will give him the personal assurance necessary to draw other investors to New Zeaiand from Silicon Valley in California and from elsewhere around the world. New Zealand-oasee venture capital firm. He Will be TWI ill-15 Enrich-2r: \iaiar h?s e3 that will take the risks necessary to t?ranel?orrix1 ai i: l'PrlU'ilEi?Ie Kiwi culvegani irTalleat alert-urns; Inst: industry giants -5 31_ hireelnlent ir- Pamlic Fibre Limited and a meerwerl I la listed er?lity). These investments were made} ?hm'?h ?3 r'alar 'l'eniuree \iir Thlei us the limiter: 3m! ?1-3 ilirsr?: rile general partner of Valar Ventures LP Mr Thiel has advised that ?cltizenship is irrevocable. it is the public recognition of a hall Owed bond. For that reason and others, he is prepared to make this solemn alleglar; ,?gnd I ?3 thereby embrace and contribute to the life. history and culture of New Zealan V3-enclose letters from botn Sam and Rod Drury wno aoptg Calm. and have orovideo excerpts below as to the benefits Mr Thielee it? silty:- lee-to New r. i a? I. granted c.tizenenlo A ll Mxn?? "New Zealand must connect to the 20:73.5" ?TgK?lgj-rahiyfeach their potential. San Francisco and Silicon q" he ate?) ,"?picgng. 30} gm and Weaith creation in technology ?rst magg?f?wwm temp-0mg? ventures to start when mxke?; peter 55 a wealthy lam well connected teohrlology ra? trh?ur is actively invisti?g In New Zealand Fibre; and is 008mg his Viewed earmath lirod'tne talent and ca?ltai that! "lead :0 reach thei-?Jiit gel: cl:- K11.) rlr" 29? new . . . ?a?deF/?a?e?lle; 935 ounder and Chairman, Pael?c Fibre. lemme?? Meal; v, I'll (JV /}Qt {95% is we? international technology industry for his numerous (Mk. . r?iCl'ilies With; a co?loltncier anti CEO of ?33in - - vi, 9.455;le ??fgi??eb'i?ll. Peter was Xem and mm the Alta 5'5" Gil?: Flare to connect ustralia and New Zeatantt to me JSA \le :99? - - Wading global player and we believe his connections will generate at? i eHSln'aele opportunities for New Zealand .f?f ?5 if", 1L Rod Drury, CEO, Xero xx?) 3 4? Conclusion 398W {3n TEE: [gala-[er 3 3,3 mile the ~38 '1 Taiation Cf?r Enrliiaacali "?74'3557 aim? has Sallie-tilert '3 the Jl'hgliiZ-li apple-alter? 3mm aha? ,3 :lilmlext !3 Unique to the circumstaecee. Our client was avail-1 It sweetened .- manner relative to merits of this application Enclosed is a clippings file in relation to our client's onshore investments. You have Fisher: .mi?e mar .. PD 3 subject to :he multiple re-eh r; subiect to any conditions. it and con?rmed by the issue Qf Jag saioermi- 8 Please do not hesitate to contact the writer if you require any further information or clerl?ficatimn the above. on Yours faithfuliy i? 243-. N?IrrEx) xix"uf?Lgb 'k i I [Ifass/'33J'fo 2? a 13x11: ?an or) . t: I'll. - . r? :5 if?faxxi.) 12378082 NZ Fresemm Summary 13:3'231? Andrej-s 383338 "q 7 Th 13" 11-11" E- 67 Era-rmAppiicaticn Mo; Apoi?icaiim Status; PRQC: 3 VALAR Dear ii-ilnseter, i when {0 eerily for i'wleirr Zeeler.d Citizenship- acmrdame ?in?ation gill?) 0f the. Citizenship Act of i9?7, whicn deals with the grant of citizenship tr special cases as 1. am unable to fulfiil the norms "residency requirements. i am requesting your aooroual application Sect on grigici refers to the grant of citizenshif? if i f"ff?0filve?tvz n- safsh?etf a 68? if!? 4 apnea-om would be the t'nrer'esr became of ?We? (immanent-rim 07' other warfare relating 1?0 ?'38 f1 an, we letter re I 1. . .yi?t?v . yermanentresidency and HI. 0 Q: crease my commitmentto expands on those matters in panic liar, my cl" ..0W19dr and privileges attaching to New Zeaiend residency and employment i own my own home in tiew to hold a Returning Reside New Zealand. introduction i? . I I. .i?tcei and current employment is set out in more Jed Stanford Unreer ity in Peio Alto; California and ingjd and philanthropy, i have long admired the petiole, culture? business government or New Zeelandt as well as the encouragement which is given of gettina the job done, The country is beautiful; and has a strong environmental ethic The government is committed to buelnese - we consistently found ixlew Zeeianders to be open and friendly, with ?no nonsense way Since acquiring permanent residence; 1 have studie ezdenslvely New Zea?end?s entrepreneuriei environment, ourreniventure capital market and the prerequisites for, and economic advantages of} successful technology companies in a New Zeaiand context {see Attachment 1) have concluded that the New Zeeiand government supports capital expansron, scientific research and international nvestment All these traits make New Zealend great place to start a business is a stable country with one or the highest ratings in the wor'd for heneety and non?corrupt culture] and it. offers iong terrn entrepreneur-at opportunities in technology development However, a thriving technoiogy ruiustn.r needs deep or" capital for start-up companies, as well as netwoks of exoerienced investors Despite promising delrelcornenta it is these resources Which are still dramatically under-developed in New Zeeiandi dust as ?renure eeoite investing wee beginning to gain traction in New Zeeienci, the global ?nancial crisis ?es led investors to reduce theTrrisk exposure i believe this is preciseiy the tine-e resources VAL shacld he directed {awards creating innovative sumpanles d? 9 VJ: expansion at me economy . are curre'iziy tee?2d :1 San Fransiscs. which sits at the top 31? 3mm? V??flle?i the seam 31; the Technomy mm many .?me hes: aspects of New Zealand and Silicon Valle are not? a?e oi's-ir-nrwation. pro-business and '1 ?mild make SEnse 10? inc: ease the ties hehueen ii?ese two saris of the wand Sam would bene?t through joint b.;sjness ventures and technolngy investing. There is lot that Silicon Valley can offer New Eseianci. ice-ii". in ten-rs ei? preceien: and example and in terms of Current 2 i mersl?iips we aiszw i "h ?New zeeiend's ilrlorgrani Red DrUl'if. These mes lngse conducted only in gettirg to know a ran, because i was abie'r Zeeisnd My si exirernely valuable. not . . siness arenas! but aiso ie dialogue with many of the ?rms, - rsnture capital in New Zesland such as; CEHOUSE: the New Zealand Venture Capital vestmeni Fund and the Angel Association of NEW of those with whom or my staff, had contact (see fese visits. i iroducrions and meetings. resclwed Vaiar Ventures LP. in New Zesiand. My intention is: . To help New Zealand siarmps become globally successful that stay in New Zealand. i have established Vale: Ventures LD wilh an initial investment of with the intention of Future expansion. iraisr Ventures is dedicated exelusiveiy to funding and aiding New Zeelsnd tesnnoiogy companies. its strategy is to invest signi?cant capital in New Zealand ies'nnmegy companies that are in the start-up er early expansion siege, providing much nee-?ed funding for the development of teshnoogy and expansion into overseas markets? in addition is monetary investment, sur networigs in Silicon Valley and globein will provide invaiue?ole connections for our portfolio companies i perennially Founded and and Know iirsi-hand mat chalienges and face them in their earl-1 days velar can act in an advisory re in ways that many iraditidriai venture ?rnis cannot, because i have lured through and sewed many of me problems ihsi will soniron?i entrepreneurs as they build their companies VALAR in October this year, Valar announced as ?rst investment: macaw-ism Mi Karo, the online accounting technology company based Ir! ?Netli?gton ?(em W33 Founded Rod Drury and is currently used by many thousands of New Zealand as. their accounting platform i am taking a codition on :(ero?s Advise?! 3310? 1 Fatigue that my capital and excerience will help Kerr) acceierate their experience into the Unltect States market *he United States has over 25 million small and medium sized enter which have never used accounting software Due to recent 1a . impending regulatory and tax changes that will affectauenj -- many of these SMEs will need to convert from spread a accounting soft-Mare package With the right 57% of this regulatory environment and to expand r. headquarters in Dru ry recently stated that? -. . Ventures as strategic investors in 9 ill provide a major boost as we take on ., ariret We have taken a measured With the support or? Pater and his team, We place ta a?fagp i 1 I ?9 o?eiighfed - Xero - .. fcompleting an investment in Pacific Fibre Limited; a campan}: a submarine fibre optic cabie between i?iew Zaaland, Australia and laying the new ?bre optic cable, Paci?c Fibre intends to facilitate the ?; Regen n+2 0800 22 51 51 ?P?fE?E-Site From: Sent: Honda . 4 July 2011 .7152 am. To: subject: FW: Cit Thiel Want me to contact? Hasn't the agent already been in contact with someone here and it be better for that person to call them Business Support Officer Citizenship Service Delivery and Operations Branch The Department of internal Affairs: Te Tari i?aiwhenua 120 Victoria Street PO Box 10680 Wellington 6143 Dlre Freephm (in New Zealand only}: 0300 22 51 51 ?g?gvjla?rwt?z Santbject: Cit Thiel all Aztached is the Ministar's approvai fa; this appin, Lam adwiaa the app?cant's agent asap -- before next wed p39. 'x (r . . private Seawtam Hon Nathan GUY I M'mster Of-W?w?ffa ?J'I?'ler? Fax: (043 3175521 Paliij?l?f?lKIIF?-??i Well -5. wigjx J) 2 A . . . ?v?u From: [madtozleugs?mgf 43111255pr m? Sent: Ti'lursaa? . 30 L- 4:49 pm Rf. ,xif?a ax wt,? ?may: I fra\ \x?xj/ (R 5 if in? \x/xf 434 3 i 4?3 A \gRV?ll? w, v/ From: Sent; Thursdal 26 2017' 6:48 pm. To: Subject: infill stand each link separately Can you please print offto put on file Thanks From: Sent: Thursday. 25 January 2017 4:51 pm. ?gg? fat To: <1 cl fir: c' I .15 1" f1 ll. Subject: Will send each link separately a "x .- \v I <21. .2 1 lit a Created Title Version Author State 10 (if \Hr/ K: In 1000 Policy Development ,rV? ?a ?it? ?xv: (a a . 9-1390lderltity ?t a, i . a 4 I730 cmzenship . ?w ,9 ?t ?5 1133 General ?33-5 Ministerials 2011 fax Kt J, - F?l?ll New Zealand far Mr . M?ipIj?[in Lia" ted below. x} lb/ll/J I. I ?5 xi}: "1 .. Fro To Cc xii" pgt?tt?lttr??ecelved 20l?01/2011 4:10:32 p.m. KSIU agate FW: New Zealand Citizenship for Mr Peter THIEL \311/ Hi. an update from Mr Thiei's case officer for your information. Citizenship Ramunga Department of internal Affairs Te Teri Tafwnenua loanlit?; Serum-es Te RHIOUUH Tuakl'rl? Direct Dial Fax: +64 4 3823 561 ails: ta: .wr-all got; I 41,: From: ruary 2011 3:16 pm. To: Subject: FW: Maw Zea-ant: Citizenship for Mr Peter THIEL Hello - F?r?t this is the email that i sent to the GUHV am? Mr Pater Thieli?s New Zeaiand citizenship I understand that there is a ministerial 3n i thought you might like to know. if not all good Thank you Sent: nursoay, zu January 2011 9:42 am. To: Subject: New Zealand Citizenship for Mr Peter THIEL I Before we can continue processing Mr Thiel?s application there are two issues that woWe? t0 'ioen?i attention. x, \u applicants who have spent a significant period of time outside Ne- eat; or to the gnl5t%,rnai 615 Affairs considering granting citizenship may be required to provide poll be} from rseas authorities. if Mr Thiel has been residing in one particular place 0 I Er) ealan ?art . ?on he or more since obtaining permanent residence through Immigration New Zeal 1" .. that current police motth lS-" United States of American then below are details of how and where obtt ?3 clear . it; it?) if; my and have their ?ngerprints taken. 5590 and seiecting Option i r" .rprr'nts/fa an applicants then send this card to the FBI and request a copy of their race wi lipi%wi . te it. are rating \eappiying for citizenship in New Zeaiano' clearance from that place. If the only country that he has I I For appiicants residing in the United Ste A Applicants must go to their iocai police) icy, mpietegay?. Appiicant Cards may be obtained . VOHCQ or safe) of investigation or by phoning (304piece of \f . {.1331 .ust I) rtified cheque or money order payabie to the US Treasury). ofimr Aiirifscunu p63\ 1000 swig; 'io .- .u Clark 2?5305 1'3; (I: k. dly, in order to present Mr Theil?s application to the Minister to consider. i would like to provide Mr Thiei further opportunity to provide information or documentation to support his case, i have read through Mr Thiel's letter to the Minister and the Department feels that it may be to his advantage to provide original documents supporting the statements in his letter. The kind of evidence he may wish to provide includes the following. i. ments proving the establishment of \ialar Ventures LP in New Zealand proving the lntial investment of? 2 ned letter from Rod Drury, CEO of Xero, confirming his appreciation in Valar Ventures LP investing a rivate placement with Xero. (this letter will prove the investment into Xero) 3? Any documents proving the investment in Paci?c Fibre Limited 4? Attachment 2 of the ietter lists pepple whow were consulted in the context of appreciating the New Zealand business environment with emphasis upon business innovation and the structure of venture capital provider. Mr Thiel may wish to provide reference ietters signed by some of thee people supporting Mr Thiel's application for New Zealand citizenship please note that?has been mentioned in the ietter as being On the board 0f Fibre let has not been listed in Attachment 2. Mr Tl-iilil may also wish to Qi?Ot/lde Further information about his personal situation in order?to satisfy the Minister that he should be granted citizenship, in additi?n to the information he has provrded about his investment in New Zealand The ?ind of information Mr Thiel may wish to provide could include i Any information aoout having a base It? Now Zealand. The ietter mentions that he owns a house In New zearand Mr Thiei may wish to grouide eulde?ce of the ownership of that property. and informatiop about what arrangements are in place for the maintenance of the property ieg. Who currenti?i $9635 in the prgnen?tj wttether he plans to stay at the property when in New Zealandi. He may also like to make a statement regarding how often he intends to visit New Zealand and how long he expects to be in New Zealand during these trips. 2. Mr Thie! may wish to prowde further statement regarding why he wishes to be granted New Zealand citizenship He has advised that he believes the wide global network that he has cultivated would be of great value to New Zealand and it would give him great pride to let it be known that he is a Net ealand citizen. however he may wish to elaborate on whether he requires citizenship in order to cor ith his inves in New Zealand? Lastiy, the translation for Mr Thiel's birth certificate is completed, have attach $50.00. Today i will organise for Mr Thiel's documents to be sent to you erti . . extra photos and x1 receipt). For your information the courier track an If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to con:? Kind QQR Citizenship Case Officer identity Services For Secretary for Internal Department of Internal Direct Dial: we die?sw- ij From; Sent: 26 Janua is} 2017 4:56 pm. To: Cc: Subject: Email 2 Thiel Again this contains emails only as below) Created Title Version Author State ?3 Type 1000 Policy Development >10905dentity ?13 .n i (ER I: i genera . '7 "l - POL-11336 Ministerials 2011 'f . i l7f?01f2?01?l ii:?5:iSam eff-Eel?? PW: THIEL FW: Ministerial Ill/j "fr: fa?. x?li-l??please see the latest two emails below - if you need any-toingi?nqr us jug??; mx??wk Regards \K?th (?#6in . . . r, xvi/I Citizenship Raraunga \an t. ?a Department of InternaIXiia?Q?flge Identity ber? - Larry-i .9 Direct Dial; ifax: em 332.3 'Ilr?absitmy . [ta I. From? l, Sent: Honda! he 1 11:08 am, Subi a :rfl'H i. FW: Ministerial 11/1? fl i?i-ileil?? ?r-ipttiin more to add except that we are not sure what our recommendation Will be Deint. i ?erce sending an email tent Bell Gully :oday {which Will check before i send) who is acting on Mr Thiei?s behal 3 out suoo lying on. or documentation in of nis Eeater and aeolioation to the Minister. That is all So sorry for the late response Kind regards From: Se ii an 2011 1013i am. To: Subject: RE: THIEL FW: Ministerial 11/1 - Hiya - following your meeting with _is there anything else to add? Or have you already updated Policy {if that was necessary)? links; ui izenship Pareunga Department of Internal Affairs Te Teri Taiwhenua identity Sen ?r a V9 Tuakiri? Direct. Diai: Fax: +64 4 3823 561 ?i?i?ensite n; From:? Sen i uary 201111:36a.m. To: Subject: RE: THIEL FW: Ministerial 11/1_ To meet the :presence in New Zealands requirement, Mr Thiel must have been in as a perm? resident for at least 1,350 days in the five years preceding this application. Mr Till doe n?jgaeet requirement because he was in New Zealand as a permanent resident for a tgta a} 34? years. a Li ?v r? . f1?? He does not meet intention to reside indefinetiy in New Zealand ti geezg??ees not (liv?itiwe {agar-id and lam unsure when he will meet the intentions requirement du/eJtcr?iK' d" in ma 'e Ii ornia based companies Clarium and Founders Fund (which he has st test ?it-1 ?19 tie?? that to remail a resident of USA to fulfill his duties in managing his cqr?ya fete Valle duews '3 y?speaking, governance commitments and attendance at conferences and ??wxieh?requite?ene 5 travel globally. Ms is . .. He has asked for the Minister to grant him git? snictped? secti .rsrtis Minister is satisfied that a [23? if 'erest because of exceptional .. granting of New Zealand Citizenship toggt?? wet?lid be circumstances of a humanitarium 5p; {it eieting :eg the Agar r" i need to talk . at; gm] lih?ther this will be a decline or approve submission to the Minister, the parts in ti 2 (I. si_, ut lam not sure about the section i need more clarification before I pane/A: the . Eel its: awaiting the birth certificate to be translated before I can continue aidxt?'?ire. need nic- ?ntation to support the statements in the letter J, . Kind 5?9 . if? ?vQ 1' Citizens in C- are Identity 5 \v rial I For '3 Lternal Affairs internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua 3'13. av - From: Sent: Frida t4 January 2011 10:21 a.m. To: Subject: THIEL FW: Ministerial 11,11.? Hiya this is for the file. Do you have any comments which might help Policy draft their reply for the Minister (for his response to the lawyers)? it: araimrra iu Department of Internal Affairs Te Teri Taiwhenua ?jenny?! T: . 1a Currant Baum Fax: +64 4 3823 561 Website may Please ?nd attached a Ministerial for your comments to assist us with our draft response, details are as follows, 1 1M Author: Reon Due: 25 Jan 201 \fp A 3fo Thanks and any problems please let me know f3\ \Lt ?3 x/?u rm.? ?v ?ax-:31. -5 it Regulatory Policy it \f of) {rka 1in me internal Affairs Te TariTaiwhenua 21/ v5 Direct Dial: +644495 9318 fox} )xw- 3 ,1 Fax: +64 4 494 056? it? 1? ,3 t/ 'il?ltax 11/ x? {if} \di/J (55. av 5] I {ff/:3 \s ?Inukti/ If," 1 \3 f?s KaiCon?rmation of Attendance Form CIT: 2011000002 Date: 88.111 Citizenship identity Services PO Box 10680 Wellington 6143 Dear- i KEXCQ - man?- I con?rm that: ?x Name: Peter Andreas Thiel Certi?cate Date: 20 July 5 C'er'zg?care Number: ?9 4 [legumes on: (The same date as shown on the certificate) ., . Des1gnat10n; Who . . DeSIgnatmn E?fhere PLEASE FAX THIS FORM AFTER THE CEREMONY TO: Fax: 64 4 382 3406 CEREMDNIES TEAM, WELLINGTON For all enquiries please quote CIT: 2011000002 l5 July 2011 NZ Consulate General (?23s, 2425 Olympic Ste 600E {23? {Le r! A 1/ Santa Monica Ca 90404 (AKif? (if/"N x. h. 5 New Zealand Citizenship Peter gm 4.31 '2 L, if .xdw 1/ . I . Thank You for con sen: ceremony on 20 July 20?? f5? (i Please ti presentation to Peter Andreas Thiel who ha {giggle at {?xtule the Oath of Allegiance on the Bible or other Holy Book {5511?} f-i by? if?) i a??ern?caE-Niies?many security features to prevent counterfeiting. These have led to the (\?xhept rt i_ 1sle (?ing/the policy of no longer requiring the signatures of any authorised person ?2 eutes A valid certi?cate will have a seal in the bottom left-hand cornercertificate to be valid the Oath of Allegiance mil?st, be admmIStered and the certificate presented on 20 July 2011. 1 u? v, Hr, At the conclusion of the ceremony, please fax the Continuation of Attendence Form back to the Department to update Peter Andreas Thiel?s citizenship record. Yours sincerely, erenmmes for Secretary for Internal Affairs DDI: Fax: For all enquiries please quote CIT: 2011000002 lSJulyZOll Mr A Thiel Peter Thiel Bell Gully x. 2 i, 45% Shortlqu Street. Verco Centre fix/?11} 0 Box 4199 If :3 1x AUCKLAND 1140 fr\krjk ,663 "\ka New Zealand Peter Andrfe? 6: {z xx Congratulations on via? ,1 l, EN J: r? Your Cmmu?mfaklngih piliTEHIb??lelgE??} - suggest that you store 1t carefully 1n ?ll/dam . Rh I x. a safe place amng ?rher leu 9 4?3 . 79. 5 s- The set @t?l?et amended in anyway or it will become invalid. If any of ?11 please contact me. t? 3 a "3i ng?<1h??jluub 1 we} 3:9 '13; a . a Fi? Ceremonies Of?cer for for Internal Affairs DDI: Fax: From; sent: fhurgdat 20 January 2011 2:43 pm. Su bjec?l: Mr Peter Thiel Thank you for your earlier email and email this morning raising the two issues you wish to bring to our attention We had identified to our client the requirement for police clearances. and in particular, the one from the FBI. We understand that our client has initiated this process and we are enquiring today when the report is expected. Secondly, with regard to the further opportunity to provide information, we lodged on the basis that this would be provided. We discussed with our client yesterday the further information he has provider; We will now attend to ensuring that the detail set out in your email is also provided. (I ix?? If} new The supplementary material we are obtaining from our client addresses specificallygiu?ie be Zealand citizenship .a?a \35 Ll Y: .16- 5? t; .m 1 We acted for our client in the acquisition of property in Parnell. it is mai amassed by $?k0ft?ala Ventures LP when here in New Zealand conducting the business ojzthati "ices- iv We will Obtain detail from our client in regards to how often