Company: OpenAI Revenue: US $ 13.1bn Founded: 2015

One of the most discussed names in the modern tech industry, Sam Altman has transformed OpenAI from a nonprofit AI lab into one of the world’ s most valuable private companies. As CEO, he has helped advance the company’ s large language models like ChatGPT and established it as a global leader in AI development. Sam has joined forces with major tech brands like Microsoft to scale compute for its Azure cloud computing service in addition to partnering with companies like NVIDIA, Amazon and SoftBank. Over the course of his career, Sam has funded nearly 100 companies, with previous investments in firms like Neuralink, Helion Energy, Hermeus and Reddit.

68 May 2026