OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he worked so hard on building his first start-up with his ex-boyfriend that he got scurvy

• Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said he got scurvy from working too hard on his start-up, Loopt. 
• After selling Loopt in 2012, he took a year off to read, travel, and go on a spiritual retreat. 
• The leader behind ChatGPT now takes his health seriously as part of his anti-aging routine. 

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, may have learned how to manage his work load the hard way — through malnutrition, according to a New York Magazine profile.