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Alex Karp
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Palantir Technologies
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Palantir Technologies
Background
Alex Karp is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Palantir Technologies.
Karp earned a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a doctorate in social theory from Goethe University Frankfurt.
Key facts
- Title
- Co-founder and CEO, Palantir Technologiessource
- Title in company results
- Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Palantir Technologies, as quoted in the Q2 2026 results releasesource
- Palantir founded
- 2003, by Peter Thiel, Stephen Cohen, Joe Lonsdale, Alex Karp and Nathan Gettingssource
- Ph.D.
- Neoclassical social theory, Goethe University Frankfurt, 2002source
- Law degree
- J.D., Stanford Law School, 1992source
WYDE coverage of Alex Karp
Sources
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