Stephen Cohen (entrepreneur)

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Stephen Cohen
Born (1982-09-30) September 30, 1982 (age 42)
California, U.S.
Alma materStanford University
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, President
Known forCo-founder and President at Palantir Technologies

Stephen Cohen (born September 30, 1982) is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur. He is best known as a co-founder and the president of Palantir Technologies,[1][2] a platform for analyzing integration and visualizing data used by governments and businesses.[3][4] He is credited with creating the initial prototype of Palantir in eight weeks.[5] Since then, he has interviewed over 4,500 candidates and continues to be actively involved in Palantir.[6] Previously to Palantir, Cohen worked with Peter Thiel at Clarium Capital.[1] He also served as an adviser to Backtype prior to its acquisition by Twitter in 2011.[7]

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  2. ^ Gorman, Siobhan (2009-09-04). "How Team of Geeks Cracked Spy Trade - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  3. ^ "Super Crunchers". Forbes.com. 2011-03-14. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  4. ^ Vance, Ashlee (2011-11-22). "Palantir, the War on Terror's Secret Weapon". Businessweek. Archived from the original on November 23, 2011. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  5. ^ "Killer App". Archived from the original on 2015-05-03.
  6. ^ "Path to Palantir - Stephen Cohen's talk at Stanford". Cs.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  7. ^ "BackType". Blog.backtype.com. 2011-01-16. Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-05-26.