On 7 April 2022, at a bitcoin conference in Miami, Thiel said Warren Buffett topped an “enemies list” and called him “the sociopathic grandpa from Omaha.” He said JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon reflected “the New York City banker bias” and also criticized BlackRock’s Larry Fink. CNBC noted that Founders Fund had reportedly amassed hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin by 2018. [1][2]
The speech
What he said.
What we can’t tell you. Founders Fund’s current crypto holdings are not public.
The sources
- CNBC: Thiel calls Buffett a “sociopathic grandpa from Omaha”, 7 April 2022 ↗
Report of his Bitcoin 2022 speech and “enemies list”.
- Forbes: Thiel pumps bitcoin, calls Buffett a “sociopathic grandpa”, 7 April 2022 ↗
Second report of the same speech.
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