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Who Is Sam Altman?
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Who Is Sam Altman?
Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, is one of the leading proponents of artificial intelligence in the world. Raised in St. Louis, Altman dropped out of college before founding social mapping company Loopt and launching a career as a venture capitalist. He co-founded OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, in 2015 with Elon Musk and others and became CEO in 2019. He remains in this role despite the company’s decision to briefly remove him in 2023. In addition to his work in AI, Altman is a successful investor and one of the richest people in the world thanks to stakes in companies such