08/16/2026
Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 )
Peter Thiel buys 1% stake in Argentine Vaca Mu**ta oil firm, filing shows
Palantir chair and co-founder Peter Thiel has bought a 1% stake in Argentina's Vista (http://VISTAA.MX), one of the largest oil companies operating in the country's Vaca Mu**ta shale formation, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Thiel had recently bought a mansion in an upscale neighborhood of Buenos Aires, local media reported.
The billionaire's Thiel Macro LLC hedge fund bought around 1.2 million American Depositary Shares in Vista worth about $76 million, according to the SEC filing, equivalent to 1% of Vista's capital. (Bloomberg)