Palantir’s stock surge—over 600% in one year, before this week’s slide—has made its CEO Alex Karp a wealthy man. Karp sold nearly $2 billion worth of company shares last year, with the bulk of sales taking place in a single month around the presidential election.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) shares had a brutal day, sinking 10% during regular trading and tumbling another 5% after hours. Investors

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Palantir CEO Alex Karp defended Western civilization in an interview with CNBC 'Squawk Box' co-host Andrew Ross Sorkin on Tuesday. "I think the West, as a notion and as a principle upon which it is executed,

Palantir CEO and Haverford College graduate Alex Karp thinks tech companies are lost, creating diversions for consumers instead of defending the nation,