The Contrarian's Dilemma: What We Can Learn from Peter Thiel and Sam Altman Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has amassed over $3. 3 billion in net worth without holding equity in his company.
This is no small feat, especially considering the valuation of OpenAI itself. According to Altman, he achieved this through the investment philosophy of Peter Thiel and Paul Graham.
Altman credits these venture capitalists with teaching him that "the very best companies are almost never the ones that look really popular.