Sam Altman

Birth Name: Samuel Harris Altman

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Date of Birth: April 22, 1985

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Sam Altman is an American entrepreneur and investor. He has been chief executive officer of OpenAI, since 2019, while the company developed its feature ChatGPT. He was previously president of Y Combinator, from 2014 to 2019.

He was raised in St. Louis, Missouri. His mother is a dermatologist.