Alexander Caedmon Karp (born October 2, 1967) is an American billionaire businessman, and the co-founder and CEO of the software firm Palantir Technologies.

[2] As of February 14, 2025, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$10.2 billion, ranking him 259th on their list of the world's billionaires.

[21] He has condemned "woke" ways of thinking, calling them the central risk to his company Palantir, and to the United States as a whole.

[23] He has said the U.S. government should have a strong hand in tech regulation[24] and that western countries should dominate AI research.

Karp has strongly condemned the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses, calling their views a "pagan religion" and "an infection inside of our society".

[28] When a reporter observed that he owns "10 houses around the world, from Alaska to Vermont, from Norway to New Hampshire", Karp joked that "You have to reframe that as I have 10 cross-country ski huts.

He is highly skilled with handguns, and a reporter observed him "expertly hit targets...from 264 yards" with a BUL Armory SAS II Bullesteros 9mm competition pistol.