He's probably buying it so that he can ski through miles of virgin forest with his Norwegian bodyguards. I hate this weirdo but he's probably not going to do much to the landscape.
Trying to buy himself back into heaven, like Bill Gates did. We only have the article's quotation for evidence, but it does say:
Karp made the purchase through his newly registered company Cladonia Skog AB. The chairman of Cladonia told the Swedish newspaper that the land provides valuable habitat for wildlife and space for recreation.
Assuming this is for conservation, it's hard to find reasons this is a bad thing.
agreed
This is where he will build 50 silos
He's probably buying it so that he can ski through miles of virgin forest with his Norwegian bodyguards. I hate this weirdo but he's probably not going to do much to the landscape.
Why would Alex Karp randomly buy Swedish forest for conservation?
It is well known he loves to nordic ski
https://fortune.com/well/2023/02/03/billionaire-palantir-ceo...
Skiing. He arranges his life around Nordic skiing to an incredible degree.
Ok that makes a lot more sense
Trying to buy himself back into heaven, like Bill Gates did. We only have the article's quotation for evidence, but it does say:
$600/acre for timber forest???
I had no idea Sweden was this cheap. Why wouldn't he drop $22mm on this...
Guessing it's more expensive if you're buying less, otherwise I kinda want to buy 4 acres.