Sam Altman

CEO & Co-founderOpenAI

Attended Stanford University (CS), dropped out after two years. Co-founded Loopt at age 19 (acquired for $43.4M). President of Y Combinator (2014–2019, chosen by Paul Graham), overseeing investments in Airbnb, DoorDash, Reddit, Instacart, and Twitch. Co-founded OpenAI in December 2015; became CEO in 2019.

Affiliations

  • OpenAI — CEO & Co-founder
    Formerly: Y Combinator (President); Loopt (Founder)