Bret Taylor
Chair of OpenAI's board; co-founder of Sierra.
At a glance
Roles
OpenAI Foundation (Chair of the board) and OpenAI (Chair of the board)
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Clay Bavor
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- Bret Taylor chairs the boards of OpenAI and the OpenAI Foundation.
- He co-founded Sierra, an AI customer-service company, with Clay Bavor in 2023.
- At Google he led the teams behind what became Google Maps.
- He was CTO of Facebook, founded Quip, and was co-CEO of Salesforce.
- He chaired Twitter's board until Elon Musk bought it in 2022.
Why it matters
- For people following OpenAI's governance and AI agents in business: he leads the board that oversees OpenAI and runs one of the best-funded agent startups.
Key facts
- Current role
- Co-founder, Sierra; chair of the OpenAI board2
- Born
- 1980, Oakland, California1
- Education
- Stanford, bachelor's (2002) and master's (2003) in computer science1
- 2003 to 2007; led Search by Location and Google Local, predecessors of Google Maps1
- FriendFeed
- Co-founded in 2007 and CEO until Facebook bought it in August 20091
- CTO from 2010 to 20121
- Quip
- Founded in 2012; acquired by Salesforce in 20161
- Salesforce
- Chief product officer from 2017, president and COO from 2019, co-CEO from November 2021 to January 20231
- Board member from 2016 and chair from 2021 to October 20221
- Sierra
- Co-founded in February 2023 with Clay Bavor1
- Other boards
- Shopify, since 20231
Roles
Leads
- OpenAI FoundationOrganization
Chair of the board source on OpenAI Foundation
- OpenAIOrganization
Chair of the board · since Nov 2023 source on OpenAI
Connections
Related
- Clay Bavorco-founded Sierra together in 2023
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