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Founder at OpenAI

GREG BROCKMAN

Greg Brockman is the co-founder and President of OpenAI, where he has helped build the company’s technical organization, research infrastructure, and product strategy. Before co-founding OpenAI, he was CTO at Stripe, joining the payments company early and helping scale its engineering team. Brockman is known for hands-on technical leadership across frontier AI systems, developer infrastructure, and applied research.

Co-founder & PresidentSan Francisco, California, USA
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I love to build. · Experience: OpenAI · Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Location: San Francisco · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Greg Brockman’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.

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Greg Brockman is #45 on Forbes' 2026 Forbes 400 list. Read more about Greg Brockman, their experience, their asset summary, and more here.

OpenAIOpenAI leadership team update

Supports Brockman’s President role and OpenAI’s description of his technical and strategic contributions.

OpenAIReview completed & Altman, Brockman to continue to lead OpenAI

Supports Brockman’s ongoing leadership at OpenAI.

Greg BrockmanGreg Brockman's Home Page

Personal homepage supporting his official web presence and links to X and GitHub.

ForbesOpenAI Cofounder Greg Brockman Is Building The Xerox PARC Of AI

Interview/profile describing Brockman as OpenAI co-founder and CTO and former Stripe CTO; page access may be limited.

OpenAIEvolution strategies as a scalable alternative to reinforcement learning

OpenAI research post listing Greg Brockman as an author.

OpenAIGPT-4 contributions

OpenAI contribution page listing Greg Brockman among GPT-4 contributors, including core infrastructure contribution.

PitchBook / public PDF mirrorPitchBook - Scale AI company profile PDF

Lists Greg Brockman as an angel investor in Scale AI’s July 2016 Series A.

Experience
  1. 2015 – PresentCo-founder & President, OpenAICo-founder and President
  2. Until 2015Chief Technology Officer, StripeFormer CTO
  3. EducationStudent, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyStudied computer science before leaving to work on Stripe
  4. EducationStudent, Harvard UniversityStudied before transferring to MIT
Investments
  1. Artificial IntelligenceScale AIData and AI infrastructure company supporting model training, evaluation, and deployment workflows.
Profile

Brockman combines early-stage engineering scale-up experience from Stripe with deep technical leadership at OpenAI, making him a strong fit for frontier AI infrastructure, research deployment, and developer-focused AI products.

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https://openai.comPersonal WebsiteLinkedInXGitHubOpenAI Leadership Team UpdateForbes Profile