Sam Altman is an American entrepreneur and investor who has served as the president of Y Combinator from 2011 to 2019 and the CEO of OpenAI from 2020 to 2023. He is known for his contributions to the development of ChatGPT, a viral chatbot.
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Sam Altman was born on April 22, 1985, in Chicago, Illinois, to Jerold Donald Altman and Connie Francis Gibstine. His mother, Connie Gibstine, is a dermatologist.
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Sam Altman grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and attended John Burroughs School, a private school in Ladue, Missouri. On November 17, 2023, the board of OpenAI announced that they had lost confidence in Sam Altman, the co-founder, and CEO of OpenAI, and that he had been fired from his position. The reasons behind his firing have not been made public yet.
In September 2016, Altman announced his expanded role as president of YC Group, which included Y Combinator and other units. In October 2015, Altman announced YC Continuity, a $700 million equity fund investing in YC companies as they matured.
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