Peter Thiel, the first major investor in Facebook, has announced he will step down from the board of directors for the social media giant (now rebranded as “Meta”) as he focuses on supporting Republican political candidates in 2022.
The billionaire co-founder of PayPal is one of the few outspoken conservatives to come out of Silicon Valley, which he has since abandoned. He was an early supporter of Donald Trump’s successful presidential bid in 2016, and gave an acclaimed speech in support of Trump at that year’s Republican National Convention, at a time when most pollsters and pundits predicted a crushing defeat for the man who eventually won the White House.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Thiel is leaving Facebook’s board to focus his efforts on supporting conservatives running for office in 2022 that are “supporting the agenda of former President Donald…
