Peter Thiel on Gay CEOs

Thiel, one of the most prominent openly gay men in Silicon Valley, also took a philosophical view on the question of gay chief executives.

"I suspect there probably are a number of gay CEOs who haven't announced it," Thiel said. "I suspect its mostly a generational thing."

Thiel said gay CEOs who are in their 50s and 60s are unlikely at this point to reveal their orientation publicly, but that things will change over time.


"I think we'll be seeing a lot more in the decades ahead," he said.