Who is the CEO of OpenAI?
Sam Altman is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of OpenAI, as of July 2026. CEO since 2019.
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Who is Sam Altman?
Sam Altman is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of OpenAI (as of July 2026). CEO since 2019. You can see their background and career history above.
What is Sam Altman's background?
Sam Altman is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of OpenAI, which he helped start in 2015 and has led as CEO since 2019. Before OpenAI he was president of the startup accelerator Y Combinator from 2014 to 2019, and earlier co-founded the location-based social app Loopt. He has become one of the most prominent figures of the modern AI era, overseeing the development of ChatGPT and the GPT model family.
How can I contact Sam Altman at OpenAI?
You can find and verify Sam Altman's professional email and direct phone number with Derrick, straight from Google Sheets. OpenAI's addresses generally follow the first@openai.com pattern, but that individual address is not verified here, so confirm it before reaching out.