Stephen Cohen

Net worth over time

Biography

• Stephen Cohen cofounded data mining firm Palantir around the time he finished college in 2003 and is currently president and secretary.
• Cohen's fortune comes from his approximately 1.5% stake in the company, which went public in 2020 in an unusual direct listing.
• He has held various roles at Palantir, including a stint as vice president where he interviewed as many as 50 prospective employees a week.
• Cohen is a protege of billionaire investor Peter Thiel; he worked for Thiel's hedge fund while he was in college.
• Cohen has said he didn't sleep Tuesdays through Thursdays during his last quarter at Stanford because of his work for Thiel's hedge fund.
• As a student, Cohen served as editor-in-chief of the Stanford Review, a campus newspaper with a conservative and libertarian bent.

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