Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder, to be delegate for Donald Trump

Billionaire and longtime Republican donor is on ballot list in California to elect the party's nominee for president

A Silicon Valley billionaire who is one of the top libertarian mega-donors in Republican politics will be a delegate for Donald Trump.

Peter Thiel, who was a cofounder of PayPal and owns a substantial stake in Facebook, is on the ballot in California as a Republican delegate for Trump in the San Francisco-based 12th congressional district. Thiel's name was on a list submitted to the California secretary of state's office by the Trump campaign as an approved candidate.