Blake Masters

Blake Gates Masters (born August 5, 1986) is an American venture capitalist and a candidate in the 2022 United States Senate election in Arizona. Frequently referred to as a protégé of businessman Peter Thiel, Masters co-wrote Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future with Thiel in 2014, based on notes Masters had taken at Stanford Law School in 2012. Masters was later chief operating officer of Thiel's investment firm, Thiel Capital, and also president of the Thiel Foundation. Masters is the Republican Party nominee in the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Arizona, having defeated state Attorney General Mark Brnovich and businessman Jim Lamon in the August 2 primary. Throughout his campaign, he has aligned himself with Thiel and former president Donald Trump, both of whom endorsed him in June 2022. Thiel spent $15 million in support of Masters' primary campaign.