Alex Karp

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

Alex Karp
Born
Alexander Karp

(1967-10-02) October 2, 1967[1]
Alma materHaverford College (BA)
Stanford University (JD)
Goethe University Frankfurt (PhD)
OccupationCo-founder and CEO, Palantir Technologies
Net worth$1.3 billion (January 2020)[2]

Early life

Karp was raised in Philadelphia, and graduated from Central High School in 1985.[4] Karp earned a bachelor's degree from Haverford College, a juris doctor from Stanford University, and a doctorate in neoclassical social theory from Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt.[5][2]

Career

Prior to co-founding Palantir, Karp founded the London-based money management firm, Caedmon Group.[6][7]

Karp is a board member of Axel Springer SE and BASF.

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 lives in Palo Alto, California.[2]

References
  1. "Alex Karp". CNBC. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  2. "Forbes profile: Alexander Karp". Forbes. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. 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. "Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies". New Corner. 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  8. Karp, Alex. "Aggression in der Lebenswelt". scholar.googleusercontent.com. Retrieved 20 April 2018.


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