Sam Altman

Co-founder and CEO at OpenAI

🇺🇸 American

Altman is one of the central figures in the commercialization of generative AI. As OpenAI's co-chair and later CEO, he helped turn a nonprofit research lab into the company behind ChatGPT, bringing advanced AI into everyday work. His leadership has also put questions of AI governance, safety, infrastructure, and economic power at the center of public debate.