Full Name Alexander Karp Role Businessman Name Alex Karp | Nationality American | |
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Net worth $1.6 billion (September 2015) People also search for Joe Lonsdale, Stephen Cohen, Peter Thiel, Nathan Gettings | ||
Interview alex karp founder and ceo of palantir
Alexander Karp (born October 2, 1967) is an American businessman, co-founder and CEO of the software firm Palantir Technologies.
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- Interview alex karp founder and ceo of palantir
- Palantir CEO Alex Karp Investors Will Be Positively Surprised At The Companys Margins CNBC
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- References
Palantir CEO Alex Karp: Investors Will Be 'Positively Surprised' At The Company's Margins | CNBC
Early life
Karp was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Central High School in 1985. Karp has a bachelor's degree from Haverford College, a doctor of jurisprudence degree from Stanford University, and a doctorate in neoclassical social theory from Frankfurt University. 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. His thesis, supervised by Habermas, was titled Aggression in der Lebenswelt: Die Erweiterung des Parsonsschen Konzepts der Aggression durch die Beschreibung des Zusammenhangs von Jargon, Aggression und Kultur.
Career
Prior to co-founding Palantir, Karp founded Caedmon Group.
Personal life
Karp is single and lives in Palo Alto, California, US.