Wicklow hotel cancels 'secretive' Peter Thiel group conference

The group used to be pretty secretive and unknown until a hacker managed to discover Dialog not protecting their membership data properly - and found, among others, a shit ton of billionaires [1] and politicians including former German health minister Jens Spahn [2].

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/06/18/what-we...

[2] https://correctiv.org/aktuelles/das-spahn-netzwerk/2026/06/1...

Re: Wicklow hotel cancels 'secretive' Peter Thiel group conference

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Post by trencedamp » Sat, Jul 04, 2026, 8:38 PM UTC

Animats wrote: post #2

"Cult-building" on the agenda?

I guess if you think you're meeting is a secret then you can just say what your agenda is out in the open.

I mean there's no question these guys are the baddies, right? Look at every reason Peter Thiel has been in the news for the last year

Re: Wicklow hotel cancels 'secretive' Peter Thiel group conference

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Post by netsharc » Sat, Jul 04, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC

Hoasi wrote: post #4

How is this secretive if venue is public?

What did Taylor Swift and many celebs do yesterday at Madison Square Garden (a public venue)? All the news says she got married, but does that mean you're trusting the news media?

Public venue, private ("secret") event.

Re: Wicklow hotel cancels 'secretive' Peter Thiel group conference

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Post by dgellow » Sat, Jul 04, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC

mschuster91 wrote: post #7

Hoasi wrote: post #4

How is this secretive if venue is public?

The group used to be pretty secretive and unknown until a hacker managed to discover Dialog not protecting their membership data properly - and found, among others, a shit ton of billionaires [1] and politicians including former German health minister Jens Spahn [2]. [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/06/18/what-we... [2] https://correctiv.org/aktuelles/das-spahn-netzwerk/2026/06/1...

Part of the list:

General Alexus Grynkewich, NATO's supreme allied commander Europe

Treasury secretary Scott Bessent

Army secretary Dan Driscoll

Hallie Hoffman, acting chief of staff of the Drug Enforcement Administration

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.)

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn)

Wes Moore, Maryland governor

Jared Polis, Colorado governor

Tom Lue, general counsel and head of governance at Google DeepMind

Randy Kroszner, a former governor of the Federal Reserve

Jonathan Greenblatt, chief executive of the Anti-Defamation League

Peter Goettler, president of the Cato Institute

Ryan Stowers, executive director of the Charles Koch Foundation

Roger Myerson, Nobel laureate economist

Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law

Neal Mohan, YouTube CEO

Scooter Braun, Music manager

Ezra Klein, political commentator

Souad Mekhennet, Washington Post reporter

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, actor

Sophia Bush, actress

Rick Warren, evangelical pastor

Elon Musk ($1.3 trillion)

Eric Schmidt ($40.1 billion)

Peter Thiel ($27.8 billion)

Henry Kravis ($12.2 billion)

Marcos Galperin ($6.8 billion)

Mike Cannon-Brookes ($7.7 billion)

Scott Cook ($4.4 billion)

Barry Sternlicht ($3.1 billion)

Nicolas Berggruen ($2.9 billion)

John Arnold ($2.8 billion)

Joe Lonsdale ($2.8 billion)

Reid Hoffman ($2.7 billion)