Sam Altman

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Sam Altman
Altman in 2019
Born
Samuel Harris Altman

(1985-04-22) April 22, 1985 (age 39)
EducationStanford University (dropped out)
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forLoopt, Y Combinator, OpenAI
Websiteblog.samaltman.com

Samuel Harris Altman (/ˈɔːltmən/ AWLT-mən; born April 22, 1985) is an American businessman and investor. He has been chief executive officer of OpenAI since 2019 (even though he was briefly fired in 2023) and president of Y Combinator from 2011 to 2019.

Altman was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2023.[1]

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  1. "Time 100". Time. April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 15, 2023.