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Sophie Alexander
@sooophie.bsky.social
Reporter covering the uber wealthy, climate, philanthropy and more at Bloomberg and Businessweek

Email: salexander82@bloomberg.net
On Signal: 240-350-9251
Musk story with my favorite Musk expert @danahull.bsky.social !
April 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This is building on our reporting on billionaires' ties to the Trump administration. Here's our list of Peter Thiel allies from March.

“There is an ambition for a bottom-up renovation of how the government operates.”
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www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Peter Thiel’s Network Is Quietly Shaping Trump’s Government
The tech magnate has many links to the new Trump administration and the cost-slashing effort led by Elon Musk.
www.bloomberg.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🚨We know this list is incomplete. If you work in the government and notice any alumni of the companies named in this story, please reach out.

I’m on Signal at 240-350-9251
March 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Thanks to my wonderful co-reporters @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social @danahull.bsky.social @josheidelson.bsky.social @jamietarabay.bsky.social

If you’re a federal worker at any of the agencies being hit by DOGE or with any Musk or Thiel related appointees, please reach out via Signal
February 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Next, a longtime employee of Peter Thiel’s Palantir is now managing the data security of all of the HHS, a major contractor with Palantir. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Ex-Palantir Veteran to Run Data, IT Security for RFK Jr.’s Health Department
A longtime Palantir Technologies Inc employee is now overseeing data at the US health department.
www.bloomberg.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Thanks Ellen!
December 6, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Hi Jeska! My colleague @danahull.bsky.social and I broke the story on musk’s gift to UT Austin. It is a research group— not a clinic. You can read more here: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Elon Wants You to Have More Babies
Musk, father of at least 12, has been quietly buying mainstream respectability for fringe theories about a coming population collapse.
www.bloomberg.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:53 PM
One more for now! A feature on how blocking the sun to cool the planet is gaining interested funders in Silicon Valley and why that may (or may not) be a bad thing: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Silicon Valley’s Elite Pour Money Into Blotting Out the Sun
Venture capitalists, startup founders and tech executives are funding studies, experiments and small deployments of controversial technology that could cool the planet.
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2024 at 4:07 AM