Billionaire's revenge: Facebook investor Peter Thiel’s nine-year Gawker grudge

The man reportedly bankrolling Hulk Hogan's sex-tape lawsuit against Gawker knows the importance of secrets - and what happens when they're exposed

Billionaire Silicon Valley investor, Donald Trump delegate and Facebook board member Peter Thiel has made secrecy his brand. So when it emerged that Thiel appeared to be bankrolling former wrestler Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker, many people were surprised.

Yet by publicly outing him as gay in 2007, Gawker founder Nick Denton shattered the privacy of Thiel's fiercely guarded personal life and techno-libertarian vision. And Thiel, it turns out, can hold a grudge.