OpenAI CEO Sam Altman went on an 18-month, $85 million real-estate shopping spree — including a previously unknown Hawaii estate

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 05:01

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, whose company makes ChatGPT, arrives at Allen & Company's Sun Valley conference. — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman snapped up a $43 million estate in Hawaii in 2021, adding to his impressive real-estate portfolio.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman owns multi-million dollar properties in San Francisco, Napa, and Hawaii.
Altman, who was fired and then reinstated as CEO of OpenAI this month, has tried to keep a relatively low profile.
When BI set out to catalog his assets, we found a giant estate that's previously unknown.

Years before the recent drama at OpenAI turned CEO Sam Altman into a household name, the former Y Combinator president went on an extraordinary 18-month, $85 million real-estate shopping spree, according to records reviewed by Business Insider — including a previously unreported $43 million Hawaii estate on land that locals describe as historically significant.