Alex Karp
Alex Karp | |
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| Born | Alexander Karp October 2, 1967[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Haverford College Stanford University Frankfurt University |
| Occupation(s) | Co-founder and CEO, Palantir Technologies |
Alexander Karp (born October 2, 1967) is an American 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 doctor of jurisprudence degree 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] 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.[6]
Career
Prior to co-founding Palantir, Karp founded Caedmon Group.[7]
Personal life
Karp is single and lives in Palo Alto, California, US.[2]
References
- ^ "Alex Karp". CNBC. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ a b c "Alexander Karp". Forbes. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ a b [1]
- ^ "Classmates". Retrieved 2016-12-30.
- ^ "Alexander Karp". Bizjournals. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de
- ^ Greenberg, Andy (13 August 2013). "How A 'Deviant' Philosopher Built Palantir, A CIA-Funded Data-Mining Juggernaut". Forbes. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
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