By the time she wrote The Fountainhead, Rand had turned against Nietzsche's ideas, and the extent of his influence on her even during her early years is disputed.
baɪ ðə tˈaɪm ʃiː ɹˈoʊt ðə fˈaʊntɪnhˌɛd, ɹˈænd hæd tˈɜːnd ɐɡˈɛnst nˈiːtʃəᵻz aɪdˈiəz, ænd ðɪ ɛkstˈɛnt ʌv hɪz ˈɪnfluːəns ˌɔn hɜːɹ ˈiːvən dˈʊɹɹɪŋ hɜːɹ ˈɜːli jˈɪɹz ɪz dɪspjˈuːɾᵻd.