Greg Brockman
Also known as gdb
President and co-founder of OpenAI; former CTO of Stripe.
At a glance
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OpenAI (President)
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- Greg Brockman is a co-founder and the president of OpenAI.
- He left MIT in 2010 to join Stripe and became its first CTO.
- He left Stripe in 2015 and recruited OpenAI's founding team.
- He quit when Sam Altman was removed in November 2023 and returned with him days later.
- In May 2026 he testified that his OpenAI stake is worth nearly $30 billion.
Why it matters
- For people following OpenAI: he is its second-ranking executive and an early builder of both Stripe and OpenAI, and a major donor to AI policy campaigns.
Key facts
- Current role
- President, OpenAI3
- Born
- 29 November 1987, Thompson, North Dakota1
- Education
- Harvard from 2008 for a year, then MIT, which he left in 20101
- Stripe
- Joined in 2010; first CTO from 2013; left in May 20151
- OpenAI
- Co-founded in December 2015; CTO, later president; board member from 2017 to 20231
- Sabbatical
- August to November 20241
- OpenAI stake
- Nearly $30 billion, by his own testimony (May 2026)3
- Net worth
- $25.5 billion (Bloomberg Billionaires Index, July 2026)1
- Political giving
- Helped found Leading the Future, an AI super PAC, with Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz; he and his wife gave it $50 million1
Roles
Leads
- OpenAIOrganization
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