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Fortune
Eleanor Pringle

Billionaire CEO skis 5 hours a day. Now he has the same body fat percentage as Michael Phelps

Plantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp on the phone wearing sports sunglasses (Credit: Drew Angerer - Getty Images)

Palantir's CEO has long been known for his eccentricities—but they've more than paid off. Alex Karp is worth $1.4 billion after having co-founded the data mining firm in 2004, and this week revealed he has the same amount of body fat as a 28-medal winning Olympian.

The serial batchelor—whose company received early support from the CIA's investment arm, In-Q-Tel—is well known for his commitment to fitness. In an interview with Axios this week, the Stanford Law School graduate revealed he skis for five hours or more a day.

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