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Peter Thiel Calls Warren Buffett a ‘Sociopathic Grandpa’

BITCOIN RAGE

The crypto-loving venture capitalist slammed skeptical financiers as a “gerontocracy.”

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Venture capitalist Peter Thiel doesn't have much respect for his elders. At a bitcoin conference in Miami, the Trumpy billionaire called 91-year-old Warren Buffett “a sociopathic grandpa” and slammed other finance giants for standing in the way of cryptocurrency. Thiel, who is 54, said Buffett tops an enemies list that also includes BlackRock’s Larry Fink and JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon—branding them a "gerontocracy.” Buffet, Fink, and Dimon had no comment on Thiel’s insults.

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