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Peter Thiel Says Germany Lacks Musk or Zuckerberg Because It Fears Success

The PayPal co-founder argues that German entrepreneurs shy away from scaling companies into global giants due to a cultural fear of success.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 25 Sept 2026 · updated 42d ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 25 Sept 2026. Fortune published first, on 25 September at 15:10 UTC; Times of India followed 18h 10m later. The most recent article, from Times of India, appeared on 26 September at 09:21 UTC.

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  1. Peter Thiel: Germany lacks a Musk or Zuckerberg because it fears success Times of India
  2. Peter Thiel says Germany has a ‘fear of success’ problem—and it explains why entrepreneurs don’t scale like Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg Fortune

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