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Palantir CEO Alex Karp bought 37,000 acres of Swedish forest — and locals found out when hunters lost their leases

Karp made the purchase through a newly registered company for $22 million; local hunters learned of the deal when their leases were canceled

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Palantir $PLTR Technologies CEO Alex Karp acquired 37,000 acres (15,000 hectares) of forest land in Sweden's Härjedalen region via his newly registered company Cladonia Skog AB, of which he is the beneficial owner, according to Fortune. The transaction, reported to be worth 235 million kronor ($22 million), only came to light after hunters in the region opened letters informing them that their rights to hunt on the land had been........

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