Who is the CFO of OpenAI?

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Sarah Friar has been the Chief Financial Officer of OpenAI since 2024 and reports to Sam Altman. Earlier in her career she was a managing director in equity research at Goldman Sachs and held finance and strategy roles at Salesforce. Sarah is based out of San Francisco, California. Sarah is one of 6 tracked leaders at the company.

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Sarah Friar
Chief Financial Officer, OpenAI
San Francisco, California · CFO since 2024

Sarah Friar is the Chief Financial Officer of OpenAI, a role she began in 2024. She was previously CEO of the neighborhood social network Nextdoor and, before that, CFO of Square. She holds an engineering degree from the University of Oxford and an MBA from Stanford.

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Sam Altman
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••••@openai.com

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Other leaders at OpenAI

LeaderEmailProfile
SASam AltmanSam AltmanChief Executive Officer and Co-Founder ••••@openai.com
GBGreg BrockmanGreg BrockmanPresident ••••@openai.com
JPJakub PachockiJakub PachockiChief Scientist ••••@openai.com
JKJason KwonChief Strategy Officer ••••@openai.com
DRDali RajicChief Revenue Officer ••••@openai.com

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Who is Sarah Friar?

Sarah Friar is the Chief Financial Officer of OpenAI (as of September 2026). CFO since 2024. You can see their background and career history above.

What is Sarah Friar's background?

Sarah Friar is the Chief Financial Officer of OpenAI, a role she began in 2024. She was previously CEO of the neighborhood social network Nextdoor and, before that, CFO of Square. Earlier in her career she was a managing director in equity research at Goldman Sachs and held finance and strategy roles at Salesforce. She holds an engineering degree from the University of Oxford and an MBA from Stanford.

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Who does Sarah Friar report to?

Sarah Friar reports to Sam Altman. See the full org chart on the OpenAI executives page.