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Role / Title
CEO
as of Mar 2019
Net Worth
$2.8 billion
as of 2024
Birth Year
1985
All Facts
People
Employed By1LcLlMGLbwDec 2015▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2015 | OpenAI | openai.com | f_StIAxD850A |
Role / TitleCEOMar 20193 pts▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2019 | CEO | openai.com | f_WLIAavRzUQ |
| 2014 | President, Y Combinator | ycombinator.com | f_Zu4CcuDsTw |
| 2005 | CEO & Co-founder, Loopt | en.wikipedia.org | f_dL5uH8tF2n |
Background
Birth Year1985—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1985 | — | f_ZfbfHkh9Uw |
EducationStudied computer science at Stanford University (dropped out after sophomore year)—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Studied computer science at Stanford University (dropped out after sophomore year) | en.wikipedia.org | f_aR3kT8mW5q |
GitHubhttps://github.com/sama—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | https://github.com/sama | — | f_a0agpci09z |
Net Worth$2.8 billion2024▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8 billion | — | f_U5suM3Dqcg |
Notable ForCEO of OpenAI; previously president of Y Combinator; central figure in the commercialization of large language models—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | CEO of OpenAI; previously president of Y Combinator; central figure in the commercialization of large language models | en.wikipedia.org | f_bN7vQ2xJ4p |
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Altman—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Altman | — | f_4wv2f7drz7 |
General
Websitehttps://blog.samaltman.com—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | https://blog.samaltman.com | — | f_68fi4nulwx |
Career History
4| Organization | Title | Start | End | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loopt | CEO & Co-founder | 2005 | 2012 | en.wikipedia.org | Location-based social networking startup; funded by Y Combinator S05 batch; acquired by Green Dot Corporation for $43.4M |
| Hydrazine Capital | Managing Partner | 2012 | 2014 | en.wikipedia.org | Venture fund investing in YC companies |
| Y Combinator | President | 2014 | 2019 | ycombinator.com | Succeeded Paul Graham; oversaw YC's growth and expansion into growth-stage investing |
| openai | Co-chairman → CEO | Dec 2015 | — | openai.com | Co-founded OpenAI Dec 2015; became CEO in 2019; briefly fired Nov 17 2023, reinstated Nov 22 2023 |
▶Internal Metadata
| ID | JKsVHQ5stQ |
| Stable ID | JKsVHQ5stQ |
| Numeric ID | E269 |
| Type | person |
| YAML Source | packages/kb/data/things/JKsVHQ5stQ.yaml |
| Facts | 12 structured (18 total) |
| Records | 4 in 1 collection |
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