Blake Masters
Blake Masters is a venture capitalist and former political candidate. Masters was Chief Operating Officer at Thiel Capital, the tech investment firm of billionaire Peter Thiel, and President of the Thiel Foundation, a non-profit that promotes science and innovation. Often regarded as a protégé of businessman Peter Thiel, they co-authored Zero to One, the #1 New York Times bestseller on startups and venture capital which sold more than four million copies. In March 2022, Masters resigned from his positions at Thiel's investment firm and foundation to campaign in the 2022 Arizona Senate race.
Blake Masters Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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President
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Chief Operating Officer
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Associate
Academic History
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J.D., Law
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B.A., Political Science
His detailed notes on Peter Thiel's class "Computer Science 183: Startup" became an internet sensation.
His Tumblr blog soared to over a million views in a matter of days, a phenomenon that led him and Thiel to collaborate in writing.
Masters and Thiel transformed those notes into a New York Times bestseller: Zero to One.
Masters made a significant political stride when he won the Republican Party nomination for the 2022 US Senate election in Arizona over Mark Brnovich and Jim Lamon.
He aligned himself with Thiel, who funded his primary campaign for $15 million, and Donald Trump, both of whom endorsed him in 2022.
He lost the general election to incumbent Democrat Mark Kelly and was called one of the worst candidates of the 2022 election by The Washington Post.
He ran for the U.S. House in 2024 for Arizona's 8th congressional district and lost the Republican primary to Abraham Hamadeh.