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Sam Altman

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Samuel Harris Gibstine Altman (born April 22, 1985) is an American entrepreneur, investor, and chief executive officer of OpenAI since 2019. He is considered one of the leading figures of the AI boom. Altman dropped out of Stanford University after two years and founded Loopt, a mobile social networking service, raising more than $30 million in venture capital. In 2011, Altman joined Y Combinator, a startup accelerator, and was its president from 2014 to 2019. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sam Altman is the 626th most popular businessperson (down from 513th in 2019), the 9,987th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,896th in 2019) and the 220th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Sam Altman ranks 626 out of 847. Before him are Marina Berlusconi, Bernard Knubel, Richard DeVos, Oleg Tinkov, Erik Prince, and Joanna Hoffman. After him are Benito Archundia, Jerry Sanders, David Filo, Jerry Jones, Li Shufu, and Niklas Zennström.

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Among people born in 1985, Sam Altman ranks 139. Before him are Chris Paul, Aleister Black, Andreas Granqvist, Seo Hyun-jin, Mark Cavendish, and Andy Schleck. After him are Satoshi Koizumi, Tina Karol, Digão, Rolando, Shuhei Shirai, and Bryan Ruiz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Altman ranks 9,989 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Elswit (1950), Vanessa Estelle Williams (1963), George Clymer (1739), Beatrix Loughran (1900), Erik Prince (1969), and Richard M. Sherman (1928). After him are Alvin Sargent (1927), William Pinkney (1764), Henry Proctor (1929), Olivia Harrison (1948), Henry Hobson Richardson (1838), and Timothy Weah (2000).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Sam Altman ranks 220. Before him are Steve Forbes (1947), Richard Bass (1929), Mark R. Hughes (1956), Billy Beane (1962), Richard DeVos (1926), and Erik Prince (1969). After him are Jerry Sanders (1936), David Filo (1966), Jerry Jones (1942), Abigail Johnson (1961), Irene Rosenfeld (1953), and Joel Glazer (1970).

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