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Sam Altman

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Samuel Harris Altman is an American entrepreneur, investor, programmer, and author. He was the president of Y Combinator, briefly CEO of Reddit, was also CEO of OpenAI, and is also CEO of Loopt. He co-founded Worldcoin in 2020. In addition, he has invested in many technology companies such as nuclear energy and is the chairman of clean energy companies Oklo Inc. and Helion Energy. Altman has served as the CEO of OpenAI since 2020. He was fired by the company's board of directors on November 17, 2023, and returned to OpenAI as CEO on November 21, 2023. In January 2024, she married her boyfriend Oliver Mulherin.

Category
Entrepreneurs
Nationality
United States
Born
1985-04-22
Wikidata
Q7407093
Occupations merchantprogrammerentrepreneurCEO
Aliases Sam AltmanSam Harris AltmanSamuel AltmanSamuel Harris AltmanSam AltmanSam AltmanSam Altman

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