Sam Altman

Known for

Acting

Born

April 22, 1985 (age 41)

Birthplace

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Samuel Harris Altman (born April 22, 1985) is an American businessman and entrepreneur who has been the chief executive officer (CEO) of the artificial intelligence research organization OpenAI since 2019.

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. In 2011, Altman joined Y Combinator, a technology startup accelerator and venture capital firm, and was the company's president from 2014 to 2019.

After co-founding OpenAI in 2015, Altman later became the organization's CEO in...