Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Director · Palantir Technologies, Inc. (PLTR)

Alexander Karp

A named executive officer of Palantir Technologies in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2020 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$8,623,000

FY2024: $4,630,170

3rd of 5 named executive officers at Palantir Technologies by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Palantir Technologies, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 24, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Alexander Karp compensation by year

Palantir Technologies Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Palantir Technologies reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$1,101,637$1,101,637$1,101,637$1,101,637$1,101,637$1,101,637
Bonus$28,081—$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$296,400,000—$0$0$0$0
Option awards$797,851,743—$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0—$0$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation——$0$0$0$0
All other$3,131,836$3,381,977$4,390,966$2,396,560$3,528,533$7,521,363
Total$1,098,513,297$4,483,614$5,492,603$3,498,197$4,630,170$8,623,000

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Palantir Technologies, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 24, 2026, accession 0001321655-26-000019, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Palantir Technologies, Inc. filed document, accession 0001321655-26-000019. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 24, 2026.

$1.1B
$4.5M
$5.5M
$3.5M
$4.6M
$8.6M
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU19,305,000$3,431,463,750—
RSU2,145,000$381,273,750—
Option77,550,000—$11.38

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Palantir Technologies, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

29 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 24, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-20Conversion10b5-190,000—6,522,258
2026-08-20Sale10b5-162,498$174.736,443,958
2026-08-20Conversion10b5-1402,348—6,834,606
2026-08-20Sale10b5-119,493$173.796,803,735
2026-08-20Sale10b5-14,200$172.666,518,058
2026-08-20Sale10b5-111,602$173.846,506,456
2026-08-20Conversion derivative10b5-190,000$0.0052,492,901
2026-08-20Sale10b5-111,200$175.486,432,758

The 8 most recent of 29 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Palantir Technologies discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Voluntary resignation———$12,167,399
Retirement———$811,160
Involuntary termination without cause———$24,334,799
Change in control, no termination—$8,357,365,500—$8,357,365,500

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Palantir Technologies, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Palantir Technologies’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
David GlazerChief Financial Officer and Treasurer$27,971,876
Ryan TaylorChief Revenue Officer and Chief Legal Officer$27,964,601
Alexander Karp · this pageCo-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Director$8,623,000
Shyam SankarChief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President$1,209,250
Stephen CohenCo-Founder, President, Secretary, and Director$1,003,995

Board service

Palantir Technologies board · FY2022–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Palantir Technologies pays directors a $40,000 cash retainer and $300,000 in RSUs. As stated in Palantir Technologies's FY2025 proxy.

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How this record is built

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