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Altman attended [[Stanford University]] for two years before he dropped out and co-founded [[Loopt]], a smartphone [[geosocial networking]] service. Loopt was acquired by [[Green Dot Corporation]] for $43.4 million.[{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/22/sam-altman-fired-y-combinator-paul-graham/ |title=Sam Altman Fired from Y Combinator by Paul Graham |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=November 24, 2023 |archive-date=November 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123074819/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/22/sam-altman-fired-y-combinator-paul-graham/ |url-status=live }}] |
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Altman attended [[Stanford University]] for two years before he dropped out and co-founded [[Loopt]], a smartphone [[geosocial networking]] service. Loopt was acquired by [[Green Dot Corporation]] for $43.4 million.[{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/22/sam-altman-fired-y-combinator-paul-graham/ |title=Sam Altman Fired from Y Combinator by Paul Graham |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=November 24, 2023 |archive-date=November 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123074819/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/22/sam-altman-fired-y-combinator-paul-graham/ |url-status=live }}] |
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Altman co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and became CEO in 2019.[{{Cite web |last=Peluso |first=Olivia |date=April 22, 2025 |title=Sam Altman Turns 40: A Look Back at the OpenAI CEO’s Unlikely Ascent |url=https://observer.com/2025/04/sam-altman-40-birthday-openai-ceo/ |website=Observer}}] In 2023, [[Removal of Sam Altman from OpenAI|he was ousted]] by the organization's board of directors, who cited a lack of "confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI" in an official post. The move was met with significant backlash from employees and investors, resulting in Altman's reinstatement five days later and the formation of a new board.[{{Cite web |last=Weil |first=Elizabeth |date=September 25, 2023 |title=Sam Altman Is the Oppenheimer of Our Age. |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/sam-altman-artificial-intelligence-openai-profile.html |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Intelligencer |language=en}}][{{Cite news |last1=Mickle |first1=Tripp |last2=Metz |first2=Cade |last3=Isaac |first3=Mike |last4=Weise |first4=Karen |date=December 9, 2023 |title=Inside OpenAI's Crisis Over the Future of Artificial Intelligence |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/09/technology/openai-altman-inside-crisis.html |access-date=December 12, 2023 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}][{{Cite web |date=December 10, 2023 |title=Artificial: The OpenAI Story |url=https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/artificial-the-openai-story-21587cbd |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US}}] In 2025, Altman was named among the "Architects of AI" for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'s}} [[Time Person of the Year|Person of the Year]]. His net worth was estimated at $3.3 billion by ''[[Forbes]]'' in March 2026.[{{Cite web |title=Sam Altman |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/sam-altman/ |access-date=December 14, 2025 |website=Forbes |language=en}}] |
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Altman co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and became CEO in 2019.[{{Cite web |last=Peluso |first=Olivia |date=April 22, 2025 |title=Sam Altman Turns 40: A Look Back at the OpenAI CEO’s Unlikely Ascent |url=https://observer.com/2025/04/sam-altman-40-birthday-openai-ceo/ |website=Observer}}] In 2023, [[Removal of Sam Altman from OpenAI|he was ousted]] by the organization's board of directors because "was not consistently candid". The move was met with significant backlash from employees and investors, resulting in Altman's reinstatement five days later and the formation of a new board.[{{Cite web |last=Weil |first=Elizabeth |date=September 25, 2023 |title=Sam Altman Is the Oppenheimer of Our Age. |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/sam-altman-artificial-intelligence-openai-profile.html |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Intelligencer |language=en}}][{{Cite news |last1=Mickle |first1=Tripp |last2=Metz |first2=Cade |last3=Isaac |first3=Mike |last4=Weise |first4=Karen |date=December 9, 2023 |title=Inside OpenAI's Crisis Over the Future of Artificial Intelligence |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/09/technology/openai-altman-inside-crisis.html |access-date=December 12, 2023 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}][{{Cite web |date=December 10, 2023 |title=Artificial: The OpenAI Story |url=https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/artificial-the-openai-story-21587cbd |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US}}] In 2025, Altman was named among the "Architects of AI" for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'s}} [[Time Person of the Year|Person of the Year]]. His net worth was estimated at $3.3 billion by ''[[Forbes]]'' in March 2026.[{{Cite web |title=Sam Altman |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/sam-altman/ |access-date=December 14, 2025 |website=Forbes |language=en}}] |
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Altman was born in [[Chicago]] on April 22, 1985, to a Jewish American family. His mother Connie Gibstine is a dermatologist and his father Jerry Altman was a real estate broker.{{sfn|Hagey|2025|pp=22-23, 30-31, 33, 36}}[{{cite web | last1=Chapman | first1=Glenn | last2=Bachner | first2=Michael | last3=Magid | first3=Jacob | last4=Ben-David | first4=Ricky | last5=Schneider | first5=Tal | last6=Magid | first6=Jacob | last7=Bachner | first7=Michael | last8=Sharon | first8=Jeremy | title=Sam Altman: The quick, deep thinker leading OpenAI | website=The Times of Israel | date=May 17, 2023 | url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/sam-altman-the-quick-deep-thinker-leading-openai/ | access-date=November 24, 2023 | archive-date=June 1, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601084908/https://www.timesofisrael.com/sam-altman-the-quick-deep-thinker-leading-openai/ | url-status=live }}] He is the eldest of four siblings: he has two brothers, Max and [[Jack Altman (entrepreneur)|Jack]]; and a sister, Ann. |
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Altman was born in [[Chicago]] on April 22, 1985, to a Jewish American family. His mother Connie Gibstine is a dermatologist and his father Jerry Altman was a real estate broker.{{sfn|Hagey|2025|pp=22-23, 30-31, 33, 36}}[{{cite web | last1=Chapman | first1=Glenn | last2=Bachner | first2=Michael | last3=Magid | first3=Jacob | last4=Ben-David | first4=Ricky | last5=Schneider | first5=Tal | last6=Magid | first6=Jacob | last7=Bachner | first7=Michael | last8=Sharon | first8=Jeremy | title=Sam Altman: The quick, deep thinker leading OpenAI | website=The Times of Israel | date=May 17, 2023 | url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/sam-altman-the-quick-deep-thinker-leading-openai/ | access-date=November 24, 2023 | archive-date=June 1, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601084908/https://www.timesofisrael.com/sam-altman-the-quick-deep-thinker-leading-openai/ | url-status=live }}] He is the eldest of four siblings: he has two brothers, Max and [[Jack Altman (entrepreneur)|Jack]]; and a sister, Ann. |
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