Samuel Harris Altman is an American entrepreneur, investor, and programmer.
21 Facts About Sam Altman
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Sam Altman was the co-founder of Loopt and is the current CEO of OpenAI.
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Sam Altman was the president of Y Combinator and was briefly the CEO of Reddit.
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Sam Altman received his first computer at the age of eight.
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Sam Altman attended John Burroughs School and in 2005, after one year at Stanford University studying computer science, he dropped out without earning a bachelors degree.
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In 2005, at the age of 19, Sam Altman co-founded Loopt, a location-based social networking mobile application.
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In February 2014, Sam Altman was named president of YCombinator by its co-founder, Paul Graham.
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In September 2016, Sam Altman announced his expanded role as president of YCGroup, which included YCombinator and other units.
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Sam Altman said that he hoped to expand YCombinator to fund 1,000 new companies per year.
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Sam Altman tried to expand the types of companies funded by YC, especially "hard technology" companies.
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In October 2015, Sam Altman announced YCContinuity, a $700million equity fund investing in YCcompanies as they matured.
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Sam Altman was the CEO of Reddit for eight days in 2014 after CEO Yishan Wong resigned.
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Sam Altman announced the return of Steve Huffman as CEO on July 10,2015.
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Sam Altman is chairman of the board for Helion and Oklo, two nuclear energy companies.
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Recode reported that Sam Altman might run for Governor of California in the 2018 election, which he did not enter.
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In 2018, Sam Altman announced "The United Slate", a political project to improve housing and healthcare policy.
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In 2019, Sam Altman held a fundraiser at his house in San Francisco for 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang.
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In May 2020, Sam Altman donated $250,000 to American Bridge 21st Century, a super-PAC supporting Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
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Sam Altman is gay and dated Loopt co-founder Nick Sivo for nine years; they broke up shortly after the company was acquired in 2012.
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Sam Altman was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2023, one of the "Best Young Entrepreneurs in Technology" by Businessweek in 2008, and the top investor under 30 by Forbes magazine in 2015.
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In 2017, Sam Altman received an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from the University of Waterloo for supporting companies from its Velocity entrepreneurship program.