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This has been broached occasionally in the past, but never really dealt with head-on: it doesn't make much sense for Thiel to be identified as German-American. The article doesn't even really mention Germany other than as his place of birth, and there are sources (e.g. [1]) stating that he's not a German citizen. Tserton (talk) 15:28, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Tserton: The wording in that source is dubious. There are other sources that clearly state he has German citizenship, for example this op-ed:
I agree that the question of whether he's a German citizen is unclear. In general, I assume billionaires can afford the types of lawyers who can get around Germany's formerly restrictive citizenship laws, but that's pure conjecture. But it's also beside the point. The articles that do mention his secondary citizenship(s) describe them as a curiosity (in the case of NZ) or when discussing his early biography in detail (in the case of Germany). His German citizenship, if he has it, isn't relevant to his notability, anymore than his New Zealand passport is. He grew up in the U.S., and his notability stems exclusively from his tech career and political activism there. Tserton (talk) 20:58, 26 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 27 March 2024
Partly done: Found a better source which indicated the donation was towards the Trump Victory Committee, split between RNC for midterm elections and Trump's 2020 re-election campaign. Pegnawl (talk) 00:45, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
The last sentence of paragraph 1 at Peter Thiel#Early life and education is grammatically incorrect. Please amend the sentence to say Thiel eventually became a U.S. citizen, losing his German citizenship in the process.50.78.239.189 (talk) 15:39, 24 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
Peter Thiell is a German citizen - no idea why this isn't mentioned. You can verify this on the other translations of this page, or googling it online. As a result of this, and his personal connection to the country, I think German-American entrepreneur would be most suitable. Maxmibsb (talk) 00:59, 12 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
He is also a New Zealand citizen. Given he has three citizenships, it's best to mirror the consensus taken on Elon Musk, which has an FAQ on the talk page which clarifies: Musk is a US citizen (since 2002) born and raised in South Africa, and also acquired Canadian citizenship via his mother. Including these nationalities in the opening sentence in a balanced way would be complex, and the consensus is that they should instead be explained later in the lead.
So, German can certainly be incorporated into the page (e.g. in the info-box re: citizenship and page body) but it doesn't need to be referred to in the lead sentence.
@Zenomonoz The article says he was born in Germany but later lost his citizenship, sourced to a 2018 interview. WeyerStudentOfAgrippa (talk) 15:30, 12 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thanks, I could’ve checked that. But certainly speaks against calling him German-American. Zenomonoz (talk) 23:28, 12 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Reviewing the translated archive of the interview, I fail to find an explicit statement that Thiel lost German citizenship. He says that he could not keep his German passport when he got an American one. Is this a translation issue? WeyerStudentOfAgrippa (talk) 12:07, 17 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Partly done: Found a better source which indicated the donation was towards the Trump Victory Committee, split between RNC for midterm elections and Trump's 2020 re-election campaign. Pegnawl (talk) 00:45, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
Done Squeakachu (talk) 16:04, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 03:18, 12 June 2024 (UTC)