What is Sam Altman?
{{Infobox person | name = Sam Altman | image = File:Sam Altman CropEdit James Tamim.jpg | caption = Altman in 2019 | birth_name = Samuel Harris Altman | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|04|22}} | birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S. | education = [[Stanford University]] (dropped out) | occupation = Entrepreneur | known_for = [[Loopt]], [[Y Combinator]], [[OpenAI]] | title = | spouse = | children = | website = {{url|https://blog.samaltman.com}} | signature = }} '''Samuel Harris Altman''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɔː|l|t|m|ə|n}} {{respell|AWLT|mən}}; born April 22, 1985) is an American businessman and [[investor]]. He has been chief executive officer of [[OpenAI]] since 2019 (even though he was briefly fired in 2023) and president of [[Y Combinator]] from 2011 to 2019. Altman was named one of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people in the world]] by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |date=April 13, 2023 |title=Time 100 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/ |access-date=April 15, 2023}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Altman, Sam}} [[Category:1985 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Chicago]] [[Category:OpenAI]] {{US-bio-stub}}