Sam Altman

Sam Altman
Altman in 2019
Born
Samuel Harris Altman

(1985-04-22) April 22, 1985 (age 40)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
EducationStanford University (dropped out)
Known forLoopt, Y Combinator, OpenAI
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Spouse
Oliver Mulherin
(m. 2024)
Children1
Websiteblog.samaltman.com
Signature

Samuel Harris Altman (born April 22, 1985) is an American technology entrepreneur and investor best known as the chief executive officer of OpenAI since 2019 (he was briefly dismissed and reinstated in November 2023).[1] He is considered one of the leading figures of the AI boom.[2][3][4]

Altman dropped out of Stanford University after two years and founded Loopt, a mobile social networking service, raising more than $30 million in venture capital. In 2011, Altman joined Y Combinator, a startup accelerator, and was its president from 2014 to 2019.[5] He has served as chairman of clean energy companies Helion Energy[6] and Oklo (until April 2025).[7] Altman's net worth was estimated at $1.5 billion as of May 2025.[8]

  1. ^ "OpenAI LP". openai.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2019.
  2. ^ Weil, Elizabeth (September 25, 2023). "Sam Altman Is the Oppenheimer of Our Age". Intelligencer. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
  3. ^ Mickle, Tripp; Metz, Cade; Isaac, Mike; Weise, Karen (December 9, 2023). "Inside OpenAI's Crisis Over the Future of Artificial Intelligence". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
  4. ^ "Artificial: The OpenAI Story". Wall Street Journal. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
  5. ^ "Sam Altman Fired from Y Combinator by Paul Graham". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 23, 2023. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "Y Combinator's Sam Altman teams up with Michael Klein to launch SPAC looking to raise $1 billion". Reuters. March 15, 2021.
  7. ^ Stevens, Pippa (April 22, 2025). "Sam Altman steps down as Oklo board chair, freeing nuclear startup to work with more AI companies". CNBC. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  8. ^ "Sam Altman". Forbes. Retrieved April 22, 2025.

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