Alex Karp

Alex Karp
Born Alexander Karp
(1967-10-02) October 2, 1967[1]
Residence Palo Alto, California, US
Nationality American
Alma mater Haverford College
Stanford University
Frankfurt University
Occupation Co-founder and CEO, Palantir Technologies
Net worth $1.3 billion (April 2018)[2]

Alexander Karp (born October 2, 1967) is an American billionaire businessman, co-founder and CEO of the software firm Palantir Technologies.[3]

Early life

Karp was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Central High School in 1985.[4] Karp has a bachelor's degree from Haverford College, a J.D. from Stanford University,[2] and a doctorate in neoclassical social theory from Frankfurt University.[5] Karp's advisor at Frankfurt University was the well-known German critical theorist, sociologist and philosopher, Jürgen Habermas, a student of Theodor Adorno, a leading thinker of the Frankfurt School.[3]

Career

Prior to co-founding Palantir, Karp founded Caedmon Group.[6]

In March 2018, publishing house Axel Springer SE announced Karp would be joining their board of directors.[7]

Publications

His thesis, supervised by Karola Brede, was titled "Aggression in der Lebenswelt: Die Erweiterung des Parsonsschen Konzepts der Aggression durch die Beschreibung des Zusammenhangs von Jargon, Aggression und Kultur", which means "Aggression in the life-world: The extension of Parsons' concept of aggression by describing the connection between jargon, aggression, and culture."[8]

Personal life

Karp is single and lives in Palo Alto, California, US.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Alex Karp". CNBC. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Forbes profile: Alexander Karp". Forbes. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 Greenberg, Andy. "How A 'Deviant' Philosopher Built Palantir, A CIA-Funded Data-Mining Juggernaut". forbes.com. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Classmates". Retrieved 2016-12-30.
  5. ↑ "Alexander Karp". Bizjournals. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Greenberg, Andy (13 August 2013). "How A 'Deviant' Philosopher Built Palantir, A CIA-Funded Data-Mining Juggernaut". Forbes. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  7. ↑ https://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/palantir-springer-aufsichtsrat
  8. ↑ Karp, Alex. "Aggression in der Lebenswelt". scholar.googleusercontent.com. Retrieved 20 April 2018.


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