Mystery surrounding the surprising New Zealand citizenship of controversial tech billionaire Peter Thiel deepened today after it was revealed the forms making him a Kiwi had signed in 2011.gettyimages-619458242.jpg Entrepreneur Peter Thiel. Mr Lees-Galloway said there was "a wall of silence" around the issue. Mr Lees-Galloway said another wealthy North American import - film director James Cameron - had drawn considerable notice when living in New Zealand, raising questions over why Mr Thiel didn't attract attention if he was living here. Filings to the Companies Office, requiring directors to provide their residential address, have Mr Thiel only list United States addresses. Questions sent yesterday to representative of Mr Thiel were answered by Jeremiah Hall of Torch Communications.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 25, 2017 04:24 UTC