By Trevor Jennewine
Publication Date: 2026-02-02 00:00:00
Key Points
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Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel had 61% of his hedge fund’s portfolio invested in Apple and Microsoft as of the third quarter.
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Apple reported excellent financial results in the December quarter, and the company recently selected Alphabet’s Gemini models to bring AI to its voice assistant, Siri.
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Microsoft reported disappointing financial results in the December quarter, but the company has solid long-term growth prospects across its software and cloud businesses.
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Billionaire Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist and entrepreneur, is best known for his role in co-founding Palantir Technologies. He still owns more than 3% of the company’s Class A shares, as well as 30% of the Class B shares and 33% of the Class F shares.
Thiel also runs a hedge fund, Thiel Macro, that manages $74 million. He made some interesting trades in the third quarter. First, he sold shares of Nvidia and Tesla, closing his position in the former, and trimming his position in the latter. Second, he added shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)
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Those two artificial intelligence (AI) stocks account for 61% of the hedge fund’s assets: 27% in Apple and 34% in Microsoft. Of course, the portfolio itself represents a microscopic percentage of Thiel’s $26 billion net worth,…
