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Fortune
Nick Lichtenberg

High-flier: Palantir CEO Alex Karp spent $17.2 million on private jets in 2025, filing reveals

karp (Credit: David Dee Delgado—Getty Images for The New York Times)

While Palantir Technologies continues to expand its footprint in the artificial intelligence sector, a new equity research report from Jefferies has highlighted startling details buried in the company’s latest 10-K filing, the annual report that all publicly traded companies submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The most eye-catching revelation concerns the travel habits of CEO Alex Karp, whose executive aircraft expenses more than doubled over the previous year, suggesting the chief executive may have spent nearly one-third of his year in the sky. In the 10-K, Palantir disclosed Karp incurred $17.2 million in executive aircraft expenses in calendar year 2025, covering both personal and business travel. This figure represents a massive surge from the $7.7 million reported in 2024.

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