Personnel: Sam Altman at Y Combinator (President)
The source explicitly confirms all key fields: (1) person is Sam Altman, (2) org is Y Combinator, (3) role is President, (4) startDate is 2014 (February 2014 per source), and (5) endDate is 2019. The source states 'was the company's president from 2014 to 2019' in the opening biography section, and provides detailed context about his appointment in February 2014 and his departure in 2019 when he transitioned to focus on OpenAI.
Our claim
entire record- Person
- Sam Altman
- Role
- President
- Role Type
- career
- Start Date
- 2014
- End Date
- 2019
- Is Founder
- No
- Notes
- Succeeded Paul Graham as YC president; expanded YC significantly
Source evidence
1 src · 1 checkNoteThe source explicitly confirms all key fields: (1) person is Sam Altman, (2) org is Y Combinator, (3) role is President, (4) startDate is 2014 (February 2014 per source), and (5) endDate is 2019. The source states 'was the company's president from 2014 to 2019' in the opening biography section, and provides detailed context about his appointment in February 2014 and his departure in 2019 when he transitioned to focus on OpenAI.