# OpenAI timeline

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OpenAI's timeline holds 31 people claims from 2019 to 2026. 6 are undated. The latest took effect on November 3, 2026.

Kinds: People 31 (/timelines/openai.md?kind=people) · Money & deals 297 (/timelines/openai.md?kind=money) · Products 387 (/timelines/openai.md?kind=products) · Models 65 (/timelines/openai.md?kind=models) · Other 1,420 (/timelines/openai.md?kind=other) · every kind: /timelines/openai.md  
Format: date | kind | predicate | value | status | claim.

## 2019

- 2019-03-01 to 2023-11-17 | people | ceo | [Sam Altman](/record/sam-altman.md) | superseded | [clm_CBE538E9BD4A](/claim/clm_CBE538E9BD4A.md)

## 2021

- 2021-09-08 | people | appointed | Helen Toner | valid | [clm_32EB3CD019ED](/claim/clm_32EB3CD019ED.md)

## 2022

- 2022-05-05 to 2023-11-17 | people | president | [Greg Brockman](/record/greg-brockman.md) | superseded | [clm_6F2A6276D27B](/claim/clm_6F2A6276D27B.md)

## 2023

- 2023-11-01 to 2023-11-01 | people | chair | Bret Taylor | superseded | [clm_AF9B2FD5F993](/claim/clm_AF9B2FD5F993.md)
- 2023-11-17 to 2023-11-19 | people | ceo | [Mira Murati](/record/mira-murati.md) | superseded | [clm_85730ECB8D3E](/claim/clm_85730ECB8D3E.md)
- 2023-11-19 to 2023-11-29 | people | ceo | Emmett Shear | superseded | [clm_8067333744D2](/claim/clm_8067333744D2.md)
- 2023-11-29 | people | ceo | [Sam Altman](/record/sam-altman.md) | valid | [clm_30CEAFFBA718](/claim/clm_30CEAFFBA718.md)
- 2023-11-29 | people | chair | Bret Taylor | valid | [clm_95033319A093](/claim/clm_95033319A093.md)
- 2023-11-29 | people | president | [Greg Brockman](/record/greg-brockman.md) | valid | [clm_2EE73E76A52B](/claim/clm_2EE73E76A52B.md)

## 2024

- 2024-03-08 | people | appointed | Sue Desmond-Hellmann | valid | [clm_390DAACF01FF](/claim/clm_390DAACF01FF.md)
- 2024-03-08 | people | appointed | Nicole Seligman | valid | [clm_450C6B1B2028](/claim/clm_450C6B1B2028.md)
- 2024-05-14 | people | appointed | Jakub Pachocki | valid | [clm_CACA3602C789](/claim/clm_CACA3602C789.md)
- 2024-06-10 | people | appointed | [Sarah Friar](/record/sarah-friar.md) | valid | [clm_A21538C43C43](/claim/clm_A21538C43C43.md)
- 2024-06-10 | people | appointed | Kevin Weil | valid | [clm_F5AD31DE93EF](/claim/clm_F5AD31DE93EF.md)
- 2024-06-10 | people | cfo | [Sarah Friar](/record/sarah-friar.md) | valid | [clm_A027F8F591FE](/claim/clm_A027F8F591FE.md)
- 2024-08-08 | people | appointed | Zico Kolter | valid | [clm_F26B3B7CEDFC](/claim/clm_F26B3B7CEDFC.md)

## 2025

- 2025-01-14 | people | appointed | Adebayo Ogunlesi | valid | [clm_2F69AD0C4C70](/claim/clm_2F69AD0C4C70.md)
- 2025-09-02 | people | appointed | Vijaye Raji | valid | [clm_A7C74C6DB513](/claim/clm_A7C74C6DB513.md)
- 2025-12-09 | people | appointed | Denise Dresser | valid | [clm_FB7C40853051](/claim/clm_FB7C40853051.md)

## 2026

- 2026-02-24 | people | appointed | Arvind KC | valid | [clm_0F4D433D87A1](/claim/clm_0F4D433D87A1.md)
- 2026-07-21 | people | appointed | David Vélez | valid | [clm_207EF3ED2657](/claim/clm_207EF3ED2657.md)
- 2026-07-21 | people | appointed | Robin Vince | valid | [clm_8E01881C831B](/claim/clm_8E01881C831B.md)
- 2026-08-13 | people | appointed | Dali Rajic | valid | [clm_DCF5A979E1AF](/claim/clm_DCF5A979E1AF.md)
- 2026-11-02 | people | appointed | Dan Driscoll | valid | [clm_A3BBD2A068F7](/claim/clm_A3BBD2A068F7.md)
- 2026-11-03 | people | appointed | Jill Hazelbaker | valid | [clm_2AF34118AFF7](/claim/clm_2AF34118AFF7.md)

## undated

- undated | people | founder | Pamela Vagata | unverified | [clm_05899C9A6FF1](/claim/clm_05899C9A6FF1.md)
- undated | people | founder | Trevor Blackwell | unverified | [clm_3940950EEC1E](/claim/clm_3940950EEC1E.md)
- undated | people | founder | [Sam Altman](/record/sam-altman.md) | unverified | [clm_61DE1C2F1E0E](/claim/clm_61DE1C2F1E0E.md)
- undated | people | founder | John Schulman | valid | [clm_966D7503DA0C](/claim/clm_966D7503DA0C.md)
- undated | people | founder | Wojciech Zaremba | valid | [clm_ED0B32166C64](/claim/clm_ED0B32166C64.md)
- undated | people | founder | [Ilya Sutskever](/record/ilya-sutskever.md) | valid | [clm_FD95027EF7A8](/claim/clm_FD95027EF7A8.md)

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