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“World War III,” “Building a Cult”: Peter Thiel’s Circle, Which Is No Longer a Secret

co-written by newsrooms.ai18. June 2026, 09:42

US magazine Wired has published leaked details about the exclusive group “Dialog.” The society, which is associated with tech investor Peter Thiel, brings together high-ranking political and business figures in a luxurious setting. The leaked information reveals a mix of geopolitical discussions and personal topics.

The group, which operates under the inconspicuous name “Dialog,” is characterized by a strict absence of public visibility and a luxurious atmosphere. In the past, meetings have taken place in Venetian palazzos and exclusive hotels. The network consists of a circle of decision-makers from politics and the technology industry.

Participants and Upcoming Dates

According to publications by Wired, the list of participants for the next meeting includes 222 names. Among them are high-profile figures such as US Senator Ted Cruz, Scott Bessent (Secretary of the Treasury in Donald Trump’s cabinet), Alexus Grynkewich (US Army’s Europe commander), and Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir. The group’s next meeting is scheduled to take place in August near Dublin, Ireland.

Somewhere Between Davos and Burning Man

The dynamic of the meetings, as described in the media, is characterized as a mixture of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Bilderberg Conference, and Burning Man. The program appears to cover a broad range of topics encompassing both highly political and very personal aspects.

The agenda includes discussions on “Navigating a Third World War” and “Building a Cult,” among other things. At the same time, it is clear that the private lives of participants are also addressed. During registration, guests can provide information about their personal preferences, such as whether they are looking for partners in the context of the meeting.

The exclusivity of the group is further underscored by high financial barriers. From earlier information, it is known that the registration fee in 2022 was approximately $16,000.

The Source of the Information

The revelations are based on information provided to Wired by an anonymous source. The research was supplemented by the work of Swiss hacker “maia arson crimew,” who succeeded in extracting excerpts from the website code of the “Dialog” organization. Here is the participant list known so far:

Immad Akhund – Founder & CEO, Mercury.
Turki Al Faisal Al Saud – Founder, King Faisal Foundation. Fmr. Minister of Intelligence, Saudi Arabia.
Reema Al-Saud – Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the U.S.
John Arnold – Co-Chair, Arnold Ventures. Fmr. Founder, Centaurus Advisors.
Susan Athey – Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Business. Fmr. Chief Economist, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
Peter Attia – Physician, Attia Medical. Author, Outlive.
Scott Belsky – Partner, A24 Films. Fmr. Chief Strategy Officer & Chief Product Officer, Adobe. Founder, Behance.
Nicolas Berggruen – Founder & President, Berggruen Holdings.
Scott Bessent – Secretary, U.S. Treasury.
Preet Bharara – Fmr. U.S. Attorney, New York Southern District.
Elizabeth Blackburn – Fmr. President, Salk Institute for Biomedical Studies. Nobel Prize winner.
Sarah Bond – President of Xbox, Microsoft.
Cory Booker – Senator (New Jersey), U.S. Senate.
Rachel Brand – Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary, Walmart. Fmr. Associate Attorney General, U.S Department of Justice.
Scooter Braun – CEO, Hybe America. Founder, Ithaca Holdings.
Pete Briger – Principal & Chairman of the Board, Fortress Investment Group.
Greg Brockman – Co-Founder & President, OpenAI. Fmr. CTO, Stripe.
Manuel Bronstein – Chief Product Officer, Roblox.
Peter Brown – CEO, Renaissance Technologies.
Thasunda Brown Duckett – President & CEO, TIAA.
Sophia Bush – Actress, One Tree Hill.
Mike Cannon-Brookes – Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Atlassian.
Cesar Carvalho – Co-Founder & CEO, Wellhub.
Wences Casares – Founder & Fmr. CEO, Xapo Bank. Founder: Wanako Games, Banco Lemon, Lemon Wallet.
Julian Castro – Fmr. Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Bob Cialdini – Author, Influence.
Matt Clifford – Prime Minister’s Advisor on AI Opportunities, U.K. Government. Co-Founder, Entrepreneur First.
Caroline Cochran – Co-Founder & COO, Oklo.
Matt Cohler – Fmr. General Partner, Benchmark.
Scott Cook – Co-Founder & Chairman, Intuit.
Tyler Cowen – Professor of Economics & Director, Mercatus Center, George Mason University.
Ted Cruz – Senator (Texas), U.S. Senate.
Adam D’Angelo – Co-Founder & CEO, Quora. Fmr. CTO, Facebook.
Mitch Daniels – Fmr. Governor, State of Indiana. Fmr. President, Purdue University.
Dan Driscoll – Secretary, U.S. Army.
Charles Duhigg – Author: The Power of Habit, Supercommunicators.
Steve Ells – Founder & Fmr. CEO, Chipotle.
Tim Ferriss – Author: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef. Host, The Tim Ferriss Show.
Marcos Galperin – Co-Founder & CEO, MercadoLibre.
Atul Gawande – Author: Being Mortal, The Checklist Manifesto. Fmr. Assistant Administrator for Global Health, USAID.
Tom Goldstein – Partner, Goldstein & Russell. Founder & Fmr. Publisher, SCOTUSblog.com.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Actor, 500 Days of Summer, Inception, Looper, Snowden.
Adam Grant – Organizational Psychologist, Wharton School of Management. Author: Think Again, Originals, Give and Take.
Severin Hacker – Co-Founder & CTO, Duolingo.
Jonathan Haidt – Professor, Stern School of Business, NYU. Author: The Anxious Generation, The Righteous Mind, The Coddling of the American Mind.
Peggy Hamburg – Fmr. Commissioner, U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
Sam Harris – Podcast Host, Making Sense. Author: Free Will, Lying, Waking Up.
Jim Himes – Congressman (Connecticut), U.S. House of Representatives.
Auren Hoffman – CEO, NQB8. Chairman & Fmr. CEO, SafeGraph. Founder & Fmr. CEO, LiveRamp. Chairman, Dialog.
Reid Hoffman – Partner, Greylock Partners. Co-Founder & Fmr. Executive Chairman, LinkedIn.
Rob Hur – Fmr. Special Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice.
Bob Jain – CIO, Millennium Management. Founder, Jain Family Institute.
Bryan Johnson – Founder & CEO: Kernel, Blueprint.
Kaja Kallas – Vice President, European Commission. Fmr. Prime Minister, Estonia.
Gaurva Kapadia – Founder & CEO, XN.
Karen Karniol-Tambour – Co-CIO, Bridgewater Associates.
Garry Kasparov – Fmr. Member, Russian Opposition Movement’s Coordinating Council. Fmr. World Chess champion.
Neal Katyal – Partner, Milbank. Fmr. Partner & Supreme Court Practice Leader, Hogan Lovells.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi – Fmr. Prime Minister, Pakistan. Founder, Airblue.
Ezra Klein – Opinion Columnist, The New York Times. Founder & Fmr. Editor-in-chief, Vox. Host, The Ezra Klein Show.
Tarō Kōno – Digital Minister, Japan. Fmr. Minister of Defense, Japan.
Henry Kravis – Co-Founder, Co-Chairman & Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Jared Kushner – Founder, Affinity Partners.
Jason Kwon – Chief Strategy Officer, OpenAI.
Leonard Leo – Co-Chairman & Fmr. Executive Vice President, Federalist Society.
Jon Levin – President, Stanford University.
Howie Liu – Founder & CEO, Airtable.
Joe Lonsdale – Founding Partner, 8VC. Co-Founder: Palantir, Addepar.
Micky Malka – Founder & Managing Partner, Ribbit Capital.
Stan McChrystal – Founder & CEO, McChrystal Group. Fmr. General, U.S. Army.
Neal Mohan – CEO, YouTube.
Lisa Monaco – Fmr. Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice.
Wes Moore – Governor, State of Maryland.
Elon Musk – Founder & CEO, SpaceX. Co-Founder & CEO, Tesla Motors.
Demet Mutlu – Founder & CEO, Trendyol Group.
Vas Narasimhan – CEO, Novartis.
Grover Norquist – President, Americans for Tax Reform.
Mike Novogratz – CEO, Galaxy Digital. Fmr. CIO, Fortress Investment Group.
Jim O’Neill – Nominee for Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Co-Founder, Thiel Fellowship.
Chamath Palihapitiya – Founder & CEO, Social Capital LP. Co-Owner, Golden State Warriors.
Benj Pasek – Songwriter & Producer: La La Land, The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen. Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony winner.
Daniel Pink – Author: Drive, To Sell is Human, The Power of Regret. Fmr. Chief Speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore.
Steven Pinker – Professor, Harvard University. Author: Enlightenment Now, The Better Angels of Our Nature.
Jared Polis – Governor, State of Colorado.
Jonathan Ross – Founder & CEO, Groq.
Robert Rubin – Fmr. Secretary, U.S. Treasury. Fmr. Co-Chairman, Goldman Sachs.
Gretchen Rubin – Host, Happier with Gretchen Rubin. Author: The Happiness Project, Better Than Before, The Four Tendencies.
Sheikh Nawaf Saud Nasir Al-Sabah – CEO, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.
Will Scharf – Co-Founder & CTO, Oscar Health.
Mario Schlosser – Staff Secretary and Assistant to the President, U.S. White House.
Eric Schmidt – Founder, Schmidt Futures. Fmr. CEO: Google, Alphabet.
Dan Schulman – Fmr. President & CEO, PayPal.
Drew Scott – Co-Founder, Scott Brothers Global. Co-Host, Property Brothers.
Kim Scott – Author, Radical Candor.
Pete Shadbolt – Founder & Chief Science Officer, PsiQuantum.
Ali Siddiqui – Board Chair, OnZero. Fmr. Ambassador of Pakistan to the U.S.
Barry Silbert – Founder & CEO, Digital Currency Group.
Anne-Marie Slaughter – CEO, New America. Professor, Princeton. Fmr. Director of Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State.
Charlie Songhurst – Board Director, Meta. Fmr. Head of Corporate Strategy, Microsoft.
Jens Spahn – Member of Parliament, German Bundestag. Fmr. Federal Minister of Health, Germany.
Scott Stephenson – Chairman, President & CEO, Verisk Analytics.
Barry Sternlicht – Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Starwood Capital Group.
Bret Stephens – Opinion Columnist & Associate Editor, The New York Times. Pulitzer Prize winner.
Lawrence Summers – Fmr. President, Harvard University. Fmr. Secretary, U.S. Treasury.
Astro Teller – Captain of Moonshots, X.
Peter Thiel – Co-Founder: Founders Fund, Palantir, PayPal, Dialog.
Nick Thompson – CEO, The Atlantic. Fmr. Editor-in-chief, Wired Magazine.
John Townsend – Author, Boundaries.
Tom Tugendhat – Member of Parliament, United Kingdom.
Tim Urban – Writer & Illustrator, Wait But Why. Author, What’s Our Problem?
Rick Warren – Author, The Purpose Driven Life. Podcast Host, Pastor Rick’s Daily Hope.
Strauss Zelnick – Chairman & CEO, Take-Two Interactive Software.
Shivon Zilis – Director, Neuralink.