PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel said to fund Hulk Hogan's Gawker lawsuit

The billionaire investor, who has a difficult history with the site’s tech branch, is paying the legal bills for the ex-wrestler in his sex-tape lawsuit, Forbes reportsBillionaire Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel is secretly funding lawsuits to financially ruin journalist Nick Denton and his media empire Gawker, according to a new report from Forbes.Thiel – who co-founded PayPal, was an early investor in Facebook and has an estimated wealth of $2.7bn – is allegedly paying th