Alex Karp

businessman, author

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Born:October 2, 1967

Age:59

Zodiac Sign:Libra

Born in:New York City, United States

Residence:Palo Alto, United States

Languages:German, English

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Alex Karp

businessman, author

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Alexander Caedmon Karp (born October 2, 1967) is an American billionaire businessman and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of the software firm Palantir Technologies. Karp earned his J.D. degree from Stanford Law School and a doctorate in social theory from Goethe University Frankfurt. He subsequently worked in finance, founding the investment firm Caedmon Group, where he managed money for clients including wealthy European investors and invested in start-up companies and stocks. At Stanford, he met Peter Thiel and in 2003, they alongside three others co-founded Palantir. In 2025, his net worth exceeded $18 billion, making him among the wealthiest 200 people in the world as reported by Forbes and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, and Time magazine named him on the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people of that year.

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01/11/2023. Bletchley, United Kingdom. Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden holds a bilateral meeting with Dr Alex Karp as he attends the AI Summit. Bletchley Park. Picture by Ben Dance / No 10 Downing Street

Davos (Suiza), 21 de enero de 2026.- El presidente de la República, Daniel Noboa, mantuvo una reunión de trabajo con Alex Karp, CEO de Palantir. En Ecuador, esta plataforma se utiliza en el Servicio Nacional de Aduana para integrar y analizar información aduanera, permitiendo identificar patrones de riesgo, redes de contrabando y esquemas de defraudación tributaria. Foto: Isaac Castillo/Presidencia de la República.