https://www.recode.net/2018/3/15/17125924/peter-thiel-los-angeles-gawker-silicon-valley-facebook-politics-trump-reelection

Peter Thiel sharply criticized Silicon Valley culture and defended why exactly he was leaving it in an interview on Thursday that touched on all of the investor’s most controversial beliefs.

Those opinions have made Thiel, making a rare public appearance at the Economic Club of New York, one of the most closely observed venture capitalists in tech. Here are the highlights of what he told Fox Business Network host Maria Bartiromo.