frischkaesbagett@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 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-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up1341arrow-down11
arrow-up1340arrow-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 · 2 days agomessage-square54linkfedilink
minus-squarekillingspark@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-22 days ago240M SEK is roughly 24M USD Alex Karp had a net worth in excess of 18B USD in 2025 if wikipedia is to be believed. This is 1/800th of his net worth, or 0.125% It’s not like he needs to monetize this land immediately to keep making money from the rest of his net worth Edited because I made a silly mistake in conversion rates. 1 sek is roughly 0.1 USD, not 10 USD.
minus-squarekillingspark@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 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 24M USD
Alex Karp had a net worth in excess of 18B USD in 2025 if wikipedia is to be believed.
This is 1/800th of his net worth, or 0.125%
It’s not like he needs to monetize this land immediately to keep making money from the rest of his net worth
Edited because I made a silly mistake in conversion rates. 1 sek is roughly 0.1 USD, not 10 USD.
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…