– Sam Altman, 38, has been added to Forbes’ billionaires list.
– Altman’s billionaire status is attributed to his investments rather than his popular artificial intelligence company OpenAI.
– Altman grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and founded Loopt with classmates before joining Y Combinator and later becoming the president.
Sam Altman, now 38, has made it onto Forbes’ billionaires list. Despite the growing popularity of his company OpenAI, particularly due to the success of the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT, Altman’s billionaire status is primarily attributed to his other investments.
Altman’s life and career have been quite eventful so far. He grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, where he learned programming at a young age. He was open about his sexuality from a young age, coming out to his parents when he was 16. Altman attended John Burroughs School in St. Louis and later dropped out of Stanford University to work full-time on the mobile app Loopt, which was eventually sold for $43 million.
After founding a venture fund called Hydrazine Capital, Altman invested heavily in Y Combinator startups and led Reddit’s Series B fundraising round. He later took over as president of Y Combinator in 2014. Following his time at Y Combinator, Altman focused more on OpenAI. The company made headlines for its work on AI models and eventually partnered with Microsoft.
In addition to his work with OpenAI and his various investments, Altman has also ventured into nuclear fusion and launched a global cryptocurrency project called Worldcoin. Despite his diverse interests and achievements, Altman’s focus continues to be on AI development and ensuring that it benefits all of humanity. While there have been some controversies and challenges along the way, Altman remains a prominent figure in the tech and AI industries.