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Oculus founder Palmer Luckey says American Dream alive and well

Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus and Anduril, asserts that the American Dream remains vibrant, citing his own journey from a trailer-dwelling dropout to a billionaire as proof. He highlighted Peter Thiel's crucial $1 million investment in his early venture, Oculus, as an example of unique American opportunity. Luckey's subsequent successes, including the sale of Oculus to Facebook and the founding of the defense tech company Anduril, underscore his belief in the U.S. as a land of entrepreneurial possibility, a sentiment echoed by other founders who have achieved success after immigrating to the country. AI

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Oculus founder Palmer Luckey says American Dream alive and well

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Orianna Rosa Royle ·

    A dropout living in a trailer, he got $1 million from Peter Thiel at 19—now he’s a billionaire who says the American Dream isn’t dead

    Billionaire Palmer Luckey sold Oculus to Facebook for $2 billion by 21 years old—and says that kind of break "isn't happening in China."