What a Wonderful World. Peter Thiel Gives Whiz Kids $100K To Quit College, Start Businesses. One climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.
Another started college in third grade. Another opened a business at age 9. And yet another scored 5580 on the SATs (on a total of 5 tests, but still). Now they're all getting two years of mentoring from a network of tech and entrepreneurial experts and $100,000 to start a business. The benefactor? The Thiel Fellowship: 20 Under 20.