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How tech mogul Peter Thiel turned a retirement account for the middle class into a $5 billion tax-free piggy bank

Justin Elliott
and
Patricia Callahan
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James Bandler
24 June 2021

Lord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class Into a $5 Billion Tax-Free Piggy Bank

by Justin Elliott, Patricia Callahan and James Bandler

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