• OpenAI即将成为全球最有价值的非上市公司。预计在按计划出售60亿美元股份后，该公司的估值将达到5,000亿美元。但其联合创始人兼首席执行官萨姆·奥尔特曼并不会因这项成就而跻身亿万富豪榜前列。他目前在该AI公司没有持股，年薪仅76,001美元。其19亿美元财富主要来自对Reddit、优步（Uber）、Asana及爱彼迎（Airbnb）等行业巨头的早期投资。
AI竞赛是近十年来最激烈的商战领域，预计到2033年市场规模将达到4.8万亿美元。据首席执行官奥尔特曼透露，OpenAI在这场激烈的竞争中始终保持领先地位，ChatGPT已积累高达8亿活跃用户。
如今，该公司即将成为全球最有价值的非上市公司。公司正在就出售60亿美元股份进行谈判。这笔交易将使公司的估值将从3月份微软（Microsoft）、软银（SoftBank）等投资者注资400亿美元后达到的3,000亿美元，跃升至5,000亿美元。此举将使OpenAI超越埃隆·马斯克旗下的SpaceX。目前，SpaceX以3,500亿美元估值位居非上市公司榜首。
然而即便OpenAI实现如此令人艳羡的估值，奥尔特曼也不会因此迅速提升在亿万富豪榜的排名。这位执掌先锋科技企业的首席执行官当前年薪为76,001美元，较2022年的73,546美元略有增长。据《纽约时报》报道，这位亿万富豪级科技领袖称其薪资“仅够达到医疗保险的最低标准”，更令人惊讶的是，他在OpenAI没有任何股权。
他曾通过红杉资本（Sequoia）投资的与Y Combinator有关的风投基金，持有少量间接股份，但OpenAI发言人向TechCrunch证实，该股份占比不足百分之一，并且已经出售，但金额未公开。
奥尔特曼的零股权现象极为罕见——大多数首席执行官都会持有公司股份，他们的财富与企业业绩直接挂钩。但他却通过其他方式积累财富。
《财富》杂志就此事联系OpenAI寻求置评。
年薪76,001美元的亿万富豪：奥尔特曼的财富密码
虽不持有OpenAI股份，但奥尔特曼绝非依赖微薄薪水度日。这位40岁的科技企业家当前身家19亿美元——虽远逊于竞争对手马斯克的4,100亿美元，但他仍通过跨行业多元化投资积累了可观财富。
奥尔特曼是核聚变初创企业Helion Energy的主要投资人，个人注资3.75亿美元并且目前担任董事长；他向生物技术公司Retro Biosciences投资1.8亿美元；还参与过马斯克的脑机接口公司Neuralink的多轮融资。
除科技领域外，他还是生产力管理平台Asana和Reddit的早期投资人，并在2022年之前一直担任Reddit的董事会成员。Reddit上市后，其持股估值达6亿美元。
2008年，在短期租赁行业初期，OpenAI 首席执行官幸运地在爱彼迎注入10万美元启动资金。此外，他还在优步早期投资10万美元，如今该公司的市值已高达1,940亿美元。
奥尔特曼还投资过创作者变现平台Patreon以及其他AI公司，包括估值350亿美元的行业巨头Humane。
在2011年至2019年执掌Y Combinator的近十年间，奥尔特曼积累了独到的眼光，能够精准判断哪些项目能获得投资、哪些项目会失败以及哪些项目真正具有规模扩张的潜力。这位千禧一代的亿万富豪多元化的投资组合横跨变革性技术、核能、金融科技和社交平台等领域。据《华尔街日报》估算，截至2024年初，奥尔特曼掌控的资产至少价值28亿美元。这位OpenAI的首席执行官透露，截至去年，其风投基金已投资超400家企业。（*）
译者：刘进龙
审校：汪皓
• OpenAI即将成为全球最有价值的非上市公司。预计在按计划出售60亿美元股份后，该公司的估值将达到5,000亿美元。但其联合创始人兼首席执行官萨姆·奥尔特曼并不会因这项成就而跻身亿万富豪榜前列。他目前在该AI公司没有持股，年薪仅76,001美元。其19亿美元财富主要来自对Reddit、优步（Uber）、Asana及爱彼迎（Airbnb）等行业巨头的早期投资。
AI竞赛是近十年来最激烈的商战领域，预计到2033年市场规模将达到4.8万亿美元。据首席执行官奥尔特曼透露，OpenAI在这场激烈的竞争中始终保持领先地位，ChatGPT已积累高达8亿活跃用户。
如今，该公司即将成为全球最有价值的非上市公司。公司正在就出售60亿美元股份进行谈判。这笔交易将使公司的估值将从3月份微软（Microsoft）、软银（SoftBank）等投资者注资400亿美元后达到的3,000亿美元，跃升至5,000亿美元。此举将使OpenAI超越埃隆·马斯克旗下的SpaceX。目前，SpaceX以3,500亿美元估值位居非上市公司榜首。
然而即便OpenAI实现如此令人艳羡的估值，奥尔特曼也不会因此迅速提升在亿万富豪榜的排名。这位执掌先锋科技企业的首席执行官当前年薪为76,001美元，较2022年的73,546美元略有增长。据《纽约时报》报道，这位亿万富豪级科技领袖称其薪资“仅够达到医疗保险的最低标准”，更令人惊讶的是，他在OpenAI没有任何股权。
他曾通过红杉资本（Sequoia）投资的与Y Combinator有关的风投基金，持有少量间接股份，但OpenAI发言人向TechCrunch证实，该股份占比不足百分之一，并且已经出售，但金额未公开。
奥尔特曼的零股权现象极为罕见——大多数首席执行官都会持有公司股份，他们的财富与企业业绩直接挂钩。但他却通过其他方式积累财富。
《财富》杂志就此事联系OpenAI寻求置评。
年薪76,001美元的亿万富豪：奥尔特曼的财富密码
虽不持有OpenAI股份，但奥尔特曼绝非依赖微薄薪水度日。这位40岁的科技企业家当前身家19亿美元——虽远逊于竞争对手马斯克的4,100亿美元，但他仍通过跨行业多元化投资积累了可观财富。
奥尔特曼是核聚变初创企业Helion Energy的主要投资人，个人注资3.75亿美元并且目前担任董事长；他向生物技术公司Retro Biosciences投资1.8亿美元；还参与过马斯克的脑机接口公司Neuralink的多轮融资。
除科技领域外，他还是生产力管理平台Asana和Reddit的早期投资人，并在2022年之前一直担任Reddit的董事会成员。Reddit上市后，其持股估值达6亿美元。
2008年，在短期租赁行业初期，OpenAI 首席执行官幸运地在爱彼迎注入10万美元启动资金。此外，他还在优步早期投资10万美元，如今该公司的市值已高达1,940亿美元。
奥尔特曼还投资过创作者变现平台Patreon以及其他AI公司，包括估值350亿美元的行业巨头Humane。
在2011年至2019年执掌Y Combinator的近十年间，奥尔特曼积累了独到的眼光，能够精准判断哪些项目能获得投资、哪些项目会失败以及哪些项目真正具有规模扩张的潜力。这位千禧一代的亿万富豪多元化的投资组合横跨变革性技术、核能、金融科技和社交平台等领域。据《华尔街日报》估算，截至2024年初，奥尔特曼掌控的资产至少价值28亿美元。这位OpenAI的首席执行官透露，截至去年，其风投基金已投资超400家企业。（*）
译者：刘进龙
审校：汪皓
• OpenAI is on the brink of becoming the world’s most valuable private company, anticipated to reach a $500 billion valuation after a $6 billion planned shares sale. But its cofounder and CEO, Sam Altman, won’t be shooting up the billionaire list for the major accomplishment—he currently holds zero equity in the AI company, earning an annual salary of $76,001. Instead, the bulk of his $1.9 billion fortune comes from his early investments in industry titans, including Reddit, Uber, Asana, and Airbnb.
The AI race is one of the hottest business wars this decade, with the market expected to be worth $4.8 trillion by 2033. And OpenAI has been a front-runner in the fierce battle, with ChatGPT amassing a staggering 800 million active users, according to CEO Sam Altman.
It’s now on the cusp of becoming the world’s most valuable company, with talks to sell $6 billion in shares that would push its valuation to $500 billion—up from its $300 billion appraisal in March after a $40 billion infusion from backers like Microsoft and SoftBank. That leap would see OpenAI overtake Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which currently tops all other private companies at $350 billion.
However, even if OpenAI pulls off the envy-worthy valuation, you probably won’t catch Altman shooting up the billionaires list off the back of it. The CEO currently earns a salary of $76,001, up slightly from $73,546 in 2022, for leading the pioneering tech company. The billionaire tech boss said he makes “whatever the minimum for health insurance is,” according to the New York Times—but more surprisingly, owns zero equity in OpenAI.
At one point he owned a “quite insignificant” indirect stake in the company through a Sequoia-backed VC fund associated with Y Combinator. But an OpenAI spokesperson told TechCrunch that the share was reportedly less than a fraction of a percent, and has already been sold for an undisclosed amount.
Altman’s lack of equity is quite unusual; most CEOs have some skin in the game, standing to make big wins or crushing losses depending on how they lead their companies. But he has other tricks up his sleeve to bring home the bacon.
Fortune reached out to OpenAI for comment.
Altman is a billionaire with a $76,001 salary. Here’s how he makes his fortune
Just because Altman doesn’t own a part of OpenAI, doesn’t mean he’s living paycheck-to-paycheck on his modest CEO salary. The 40-year-old tech entrepreneur currently boasts a net worth of $1.9 billion—starkly lower than the CEO of the company he’s trying to outpace, as Musk sits on a $410 billion fortune. But he’s still amassed a sizable nest egg thanks to his diverse investments across several industries.
Altman is a major backer of Helion Energy, a nuclear fusion startup where he poured in a $375 million personal investment and currently serves as chairman. He’s supported biotech company Retro Biosciences with a $180 million investment, and also participated in funding rounds for Musk’s brain-computer interface maker Neuralink.
Aside from these science- and tech-focused firms, Altman was also an early backer of productivity management platform Asana and Reddit, serving as a board member of the latter until 2022. His stake in Reddit was estimated to be worth $600 million after the platform’s IPO.
The OpenAI CEO also made a lucky early infusion of $100,000 in Airbnb back in 2008 when the company was in its short-term-rental infancy. Plus, there was his early $100,000 investment in Uber—which today is worth $194 billion.
Altman also financially supported creator monetization platform Patreon, even putting his money toward other AI-focused companies including $35 billion titan Humane.
After nearly a decade of steering Y Combinator from 2011 to 2019, Altman got firsthand insight into what gets funded, what crashes out, and what can actually scale. The millennial billionaire’s diverse portfolio of investments spans transformational technology, nuclear energy, fintech, and social platforms. All the holdings he controlled up to early 2024 were estimated to be worth at least $2.8 billion, according to reporting from the Wall Street Journal. The OpenAI CEO said his venture funds had invested in more than 400 companies, as of last year.