# Palantir Leadership Roster of [[Palantir]]'s board of directors and executive officers. This page maps **who holds power and how they connect** — it is an index, not a set of biographies. Each name links to its own People page; deep profiles live there, not here. > Verify against the latest Palantir proxy statement (Form DEF 14A, filed annually each April) and the executive-management page on Palantir's IR site. Board composition last cross-checked against the FY2026 proxy. ## Governance structure — the thing that matters Palantir is controlled through a **three-class share structure**. Class A (one vote) trades publicly; Class B carries ten votes; **Class F super-voting shares** are held collectively by the founders — [[Alex Karp]], [[Peter Thiel]], and [[Stephen Cohen]] — and are engineered to give the three of them up to roughly **49.999% of total voting power regardless of how many economic shares they sell**. The practical effect: founders can divest most of their economic stake (and have) while retaining near-majority voting control. Public shareholders and index funds own the company economically; the founders run it. ## Board of Directors | Director | Role on board | On board since | Notes / interlocks | |---|---|---|---| | [[Peter Thiel]] | Chairman | 2003 (founder) | Founder; [[Founders Fund]]; retains Class F voting power | | [[Alex Karp]] | CEO & Director | 2003 (co-founder) | Day-to-day chief executive; Class F | | [[Stephen Cohen]] | President, Secretary & Director | 2003 (co-founder) | Class F | | [[Shyam Sankar]] | CTO, EVP & Director | management director | Public defense-tech advocate; Army Reserve officer (2025) | | [[Alexander Moore]] | Director | July 2020 | Founding employee (2005); partner at [[8VC]] (ties board to [[Joe Lonsdale]]) | | [[Alexandra Schiff]] | Director | July 2020 | Former Wall Street Journal reporter | | [[Eric Woersching]] | Director | June 2022 | Co-founder/GP, Massive Tech Ventures; ex-General Catalyst | | [[Lauren Friedman Stat]] | Director | verify tenure | Confirm against latest proxy | Notable departure: Spencer Rascoff transitioned off the board to a consulting role in June 2022. ## Executive Officers | Executive | Title | At Palantir since | |---|---|---| | [[Alex Karp]] | Chief Executive Officer | 2003 (co-founder) | | [[Stephen Cohen]] | President & Secretary | 2003 (co-founder) | | [[Shyam Sankar]] | Chief Technology Officer & EVP | 2006 | | [[David Glazer]] | Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer | 2013 | | [[Ryan Taylor]] | Chief Revenue Officer & Chief Legal Officer | 2010 | ## Founder bloc The five incorporators were [[Peter Thiel]], [[Alex Karp]], [[Joe Lonsdale]], [[Stephen Cohen]], and [[Nathan Gettings]]. Three of them — Thiel, Karp, Cohen — remain the controlling founder bloc through Class F shares. Lonsdale left operational roles early and built [[8VC]]; his fund's partner [[Alexander Moore]] now sits on the board, keeping the founder network wired into governance. See [[Palantir Mafia]] for the broader alumni network. ## Open questions to track - Full standing-committee assignments (audit, compensation, governance) per the latest proxy. - Any board additions/departures since the FY2026 proxy. - Insider sale activity by Karp, Thiel, and Cohen (Form 4 filings) — tracked in [[Palantir Investors]] and [[Palantir Watch Log]]. ## See Also - [[Palantir]] — company page - [[Palantir Dossier]] — dossier front door - [[Palantir Investors]] - [[Palantir Watch Log]] - [[Palantir Mafia]]