Mr. Thiel is one of our co-founders and has served as the Chairman of our Board of Directors since 2003. He has served as president of Thiel Capital, an investment firm, since 2011 and as a partner of Founders Fund, a venture capital firm, since 2005. In 1998, Mr. Thiel co-founded PayPal, Inc., an online payment company, where he served as Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of its Board of Directors from 2000 until its acquisition by eBay in 2002. Mr. Thiel previously served on the board of directors of Meta Platforms, Inc., a technology company, from 2005 to 2022 and on the board of directors of AbCellera Biologics Inc., a biotechnology company, from 2020 to 2024. Mr. Thiel holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Stanford University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. Mr. Thiel has been selected to serve on our Board of Directors due to his leadership and experience as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist and as one of our co-founders.