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Alex Karp, the CEO of Palantir, has never learned how to drive a car. 🚗😂 And his explanation is surprisingly simple: “I was too broke, and then too rich.” Karp has explained that when he was younger, he didn't have enough money to own a car or prioritize learning to drive. But as his career took off and he became enormously wealthy, the problem completely flipped. Instead of needing a car, he could simply have someone else drive him. It’s a pretty unusual journey—from not being able to afford a car to becoming the CEO of one of the world's most valuable technology companies, while still never getting behind the wheel himself. 🤯 It also highlights how dramatically someone's circumstances can change over the course of a career. For most people, learning to drive is almost a rite of passage. You get a license, buy or borrow a car, and eventually driving becomes something you barely think about. For Karp, apparently, neither phase ever happened. And there's something oddly funn...

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