Owen Thomas (born March 30, 1972) is an American blogger, journalist, and entrepreneur who serves as managing editor of the San Francisco Business Times.

[7] He was managing editor of the Silicon Valley gossip website Valleywag, before leaving to run NBC's local site for the San Francisco Bay Area.

[1] Thomas replaced Nick Denton as the managing editor of Valleywag on July 6, 2007.

In response, Thiel covertly funded lawsuits by third parties against Gawker Media, Valleywag's parent.

Thomas contends that Thiel's sexuality was already "known to a wide circle", so his coverage did not constitute an outing.