Peter Thiel donated big to Trump. Why does the tech world still embrace him? | Katie Zhu
by Katie Zhu from Technology | The Guardian on (#1YS1H)
For all its lip service about embracing difference, Silicon Valley is still mostly white and male. Calling support for Donald Trump diversity won't change that
Earlier this week, while we were still reeling from cavalier boasts about sexual assault and from watching woman after woman come forward to recount alleged sexual mistreatment at the hands of Donald Trump, Silicon Valley bigwig Peter Thiel donated $1.25m to the candidate.
Far from being blacklisted for supporting Trump, Thiel remains a "part-time partner" at influential tech startup incubator Y Combinator, and he still sits on the boards of Facebook, Palantir, Asana and Zenefits.