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Sam Altman net worth: How much the OpenAI founder is walking away with

He's one of the biggest players in the AI revolution — what is OpenAI co-founder CEO Sam Altman's net worth as he leaves the company?

One of the most powerful figures in artificial intelligence (AI) today, Sam Altman is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, executive, and visionary. Until his abrupt departure on late Friday, Nov. 17, he was the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, a revolutionary chatbot and one of the fastest-growing apps in history.

Previously, he headed Y Combinator, a tech incubator that provided seed funding to companies like Airbnb, Dropbox, and Stripe. In addition, he has served as an angel investor to more than 100 startups, including Asana, Instacart, and Pinterest.

Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in San Francisco on Nov. 16, 2023. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images