Individual

Stephen Cohen

Co-founder & President

Est. net worth: $2.3B

Co-founded Palantir in 2003 after working for Peter Thiel's hedge fund while in college, and serves as President and Secretary and a board member. Palantir's stock surge made him a billionaire via his roughly 1.5% stake.

On the record

Companies

Palantir Technologies→

Incidents in their orbit

Abuse

Powering ICE raids and deportations

2019

Palantir's case-management systems have been central to ICE operations targeting people for arrest and removal. Amnesty International warned the work risks contributing to human-rights violations.

↳USA: Failing to do right — the urgent need for Palantir to respect human rights — Amnesty International, 2020 ↗
↳How Palantir powers ICE — The Intercept, 2019

Abuse

Predictive policing in LA and New York

2018

Palantir quietly ran predictive-policing programs feeding person and location data into risk scores criticized for automating and entrenching racial bias.

↳How the LAPD and Palantir Use Data to Justify Racist Policing — The Intercept, 2021 ↗

Contract

$30M contract to build 'ImmigrationOS'

2025

Palantir took a contract to build ICE a system for near-real-time tracking to accelerate deportations — the most explicit surveillance-for-removal product yet.

↳Leaked: Palantir's Plan to Help ICE Deport People — 404 Media, 2025 ↗

Sources

↳Stephen Cohen Forbes billionaire profile — Forbes, 2026 ↗