frischkaesbagett@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 10 days agoPalantir CEO Alex Karp quietly purchased 37,000 acres of forests in Sweden—and locals found out when hunters lost leases to use the propertyfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkPalantir CEO Alex Karp quietly purchased 37,000 acres of forests in Sweden—and locals found out when hunters lost leases to use the propertyfortune.comfrischkaesbagett@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square50linkfedilink
minus-squarekillingspark@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days ago240M SEK is roughly 2.4B USD Alex Karp had a net worth in excess of 18B USD in 2025 if wikipedia is to be believed. This is 1/8th of his net worth, or 12.5% It’s not like he needs to monetize this land immediately to keep making money from the rest of his net worth
minus-squarekillingspark@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoCome on past me, that’s not even hard maths. Thanks, I’ll fix my comment to reflect that two orders of magnitude error I just made…
240M SEK is roughly 2.4B USD
Alex Karp had a net worth in excess of 18B USD in 2025 if wikipedia is to be believed.
This is 1/8th of his net worth, or 12.5%
It’s not like he needs to monetize this land immediately to keep making money from the rest of his net worth
No, 1 SEK is not 10 USD.
Come on past me, that’s not even hard maths. Thanks, I’ll fix my comment to reflect that two orders of magnitude error I just made…