Palantir's Alex Karp gets $1 billion payday in 2020


FILE PHOTO Alex Karp co-founder and CEO of Palantir Technologies speaks at the WSJD Live conference in Laguna Beach California U.S. October 26 2016.  REUTERSMike Blake

FILE PHOTO: Alex Karp co-founder and CEO of Palantir Technologies speaks at the WSJD Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, U.S., October 26, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake

(Reuters) - Data analytics firm Palantir Technologies Inc's chief earned a billion dollars last year after taking the company he co-founded public, a regulatory filing showed on Thursday.

CEO Alexander Karp received a compensation of $1.10 billion that included $797.9 million earned in options and $296.4 million in stock awards. He was paid $12.1 million in 2019.

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