The career rise of billionaire Alex Karp, Palantir's outspoken CEO

Palantir CEO Alex Karp took the company public in 2020 after launching the data firm in 2003. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP Alex Karp pursued a Ph.D. and invested on behalf of wealthy European clients before founding Palantir. The secretive and controversial big-data company went public in 2020 and has…