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Thiel Buys Argentine Mansion, Escapes California Tax, Meets Milei

5/30/2026

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Thiel Relocates

Peter Thiel bought a $12 million mansion in Argentina and moved there.
He met President Javier Milei and his cabinet at a dinner.
Thiel cited a California tax on billionaires at 5 %, left the state in late 2025 before the Jan. 1 2026 deadline, donated $3 million to oppose it, and was denied residency by Argentina.
Palantir earned $687 million in U.S. contracts in Q1 2026 while Anduril secured a 10-year Army deal worth $20 billion in March.

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Sacks Resigns, Returns

Peter Thiel said he left the United States because he feared political instability, nuclear war and runaway AI, and said his Founders Fund gave $10 million in 2022 to a super-PAC backing JD Vance’s Ohio Senate run.
David Sacks quit his White House AI and crypto czar post in late March 2026 after reaching the 130-day limit.
He was then named co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

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Thiel Seeks Passport

Argentina is developing a “golden passport” program granting citizenship to investors making sizable contributions.
Entrepreneur Peter Thiel, who obtained New Zealand citizenship in 2011 under an “exceptional circumstances” clause despite 12 days residence, applied in 2022 for a Maltese passport that would have given EU access.
President Javier Milei, an anarcho-capitalist, has pursued deregulation, spending cuts and anti-tax policies that mirror Thiel’s investment-linked citizenship model, showing a trend among the ultra-wealthy.

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Thiel Relocates

Peter Thiel bought a $12 million mansion in Argentina and moved there.
He met President Javier Milei and his cabinet at a dinner.
Thiel cited a California tax on billionaires at 5 %, left the state in late 2025 before the Jan. 1 2026 deadline, donated $3 million to oppose it, and was denied residency by Argentina.
Palantir earned $687 million in U.S. contracts in Q1 2026 while Anduril secured a 10-year Army deal worth $20 billion in March.

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