Alex Karp’s net worth: From broke academic to billionaire Palantir CEO

Palantir Technologies rakes in billions of dollars in revenue analyzing data for the U.S. government and its allies, as well as for large corporations. The company has helped track down terrorists, and at the same time, helps companies combat fraudulent transactions.

Palantir’s stock price rose almost 20-fold between late 2022 and early 2025, and that has helped lift the net worth of its founders.

Alex Karp, Palantir’s current CEO and one of its five cofounders, was a broke academic in the early 2000s and is now a billionaire and CEO of Palantir. 

Here’s how much he’s worth in 2025 and how he spends his money.