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 American entrepreneur and investor (born 1985) 
 

 Sam Altman Altman in 2019 Born Samuel Harris Altman 
 ( 1985-04-22 ) April 22, 1985 (age 40) 
 Chicago , Illinois, U.S. Education Stanford University (dropped out) Notable work Loopt  (co-founder) Title CEO of OpenAI 
 Chairman of Helion Energy 
 President of Y Combinator (until 2019)
 Spouse 
 Oliver Mulherin   ​ ( m.  2024) ​ Children 1 Website blog .samaltman .com Signature 
 Samuel Harris Altman (born April 22, 1985) [ 1 ] is an American businessman and entrepreneur who has been the chief executive officer (CEO) of the artificial intelligence research organization OpenAI since 2019. [ 2 ] 

 Altman attended Stanford University for two years before dropping out and co-founding Loopt , a smartphone geosocial networking service, which raised more than US$30 million in venture capital before being acquired by Green Dot Corporation for $43.4 million in cash. [ 3 ] In 2011, Altman joined Y Combinator , a technology startup accelerator and venture capital firm, and was the company's president from 2014 to 2019. [ 4 ] 

 After co-founding OpenAI in 2015, Altman later became the organization's CEO in 2019. [ 5 ] In 2023, he was ousted by the organization's board of directors, who cited a lack of "confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI" in an official post. However, the move was met with significant backlash from employees and investors, resulting in Altman's reinstatement five days later and the formation of a new board. [ 6 ] 

 Having overseen the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he has been described as one of the leading figures of the AI boom . [ 7 ] [ 6 ] [ 8 ] In 2025, Altman was named among the "Architects of AI" for Time 's Person of the Year . His net worth was estimated at US$3.3 billion by Forbes in March 2026. [ 9 ] 

 
 Early life and education

 
 Altman was born in Chicago , Illinois, on April 22, 1985, to a Jewish American family. His mother Connie Gibstine is a dermatologist and his father Jerry Altman was a real estate broker. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Altman is the eldest of four siblings: he has two brothers, Max and Jack; and a sister, Ann. [ 7 ] His paternal great-grandfather was born in Płock , Poland . [ 12 ] In 1989, the Altman family moved to Jerry's hometown of Clayton, Missouri . [ 13 ] 

 At the age of eight, Altman received his first computer—an Apple Macintosh —and began to learn how to code and disassemble and examine computer hardware . [ 14 ] [ 15 ] He attended John Burroughs School , a private institution in Ladue, Missouri . [ 16 ] In 2005, a

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