Peter Thiel (Musk's old partner at PayPal) 2008: Invested $20M (Series C) at a valuation of ~$410M Current holdings: 1.5% = 20M shares Current market value: $26.6B Paper profit: $26.5B Return multiple: 1328x Annualized return: 53% (held for 17 years) Peter Thiel's $20M investment in SpaceX back in 2008 has now turned into $26.6B. This investment helped make Peter Thiel's Founders Fund one of Silicon Valley's most legendary VCs.