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Intelligence Synthesis · April 13, 2026
Research Brief
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Directed Inquiry: Track the revolving door between Open Society Foundations-funded organizations and government regula

Directed Inquiry

Question: Track the revolving door between Open Society Foundations-funded organizations and government regulatory appointments. Which former OSF grantee personnel moved into federal regulatory positions? Map the pattern and compare to the documented Thiel network personnel placements (JD Vance, David Sacks, Tulsi Gabbard, etc.).

Date: 2026-04-13

Research Findings

The research reveals distinct but parallel revolving door patterns between Open Society Foundations and the Thiel network, both placing personnel in key government regulatory positions. The OSF pattern centers on the Leadership in Government Fellowship program, which has systematically placed former government officials in funded positions before they return to higher-level government roles. Key examples include Jenny Yang (OSF fellow 2018-2019, then Biden's OFCCP Director), Chiraag Bains (OSF fellow, then Biden's Special Assistant for Criminal Justice), and Tom Perriello (OSF Executive Director with 13+ White House visits). The OSF network operates through intermediary organizations like Governing for Impact, which received $57 million in OSF funding and secretly crafted regulatory policy documents for the Biden administration. The Thiel network demonstrates a more direct patron-client model, with Thiel personally investing $15 million in JD Vance's Senate campaign and maintaining ongoing business relationships through entities like Mithril Capital and Narya Capital. Bloomberg reported that "more than a dozen people with ties to Thiel" have been folded into the Trump administration, including former Palantir employees in key technology roles (Clark Minor at HHS, Gregory Barbaccia at OMB) and PayPal Mafia members in senior positions (David Sacks as AI/crypto czar). Both networks share the common strategy of placing ideologically aligned personnel in regulatory positions that directly impact their funded organizations' interests, though the OSF model emphasizes fellowship programs and policy think tanks while the Thiel network relies on direct venture capital relationships and Silicon Valley business networks.

Data Collected

  • Entities created: Mark Malloch-Brown, Patrick Gaspard, Laleh Ispahani, Rachael Klarman, Jordan Finkelstein, Richard Figueroa, Rachel Chiu, Yohannes Abraham, Jim O'Neill, Michael Kratsios, Ken Howery, Mark Woolway, Clark Minor, Colin Carroll, George Cooper, Blake Masters, Narya Capital, Mithril Capital, Circuit Therapeutics, Stanford Review, PayPal Mafia, Demos
  • Facts recorded: 12
  • Connections mapped: 12
  • Web sources consulted: 50

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