Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI

Sam Altman is an American entrepreneur who is currently the chief executive officer of OpenAI, a research and development company, and the former president of Y Combinator.

Altman was eager to help the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, so he contributed to the funding and creation of Project Covalence, which partnered with the clinical trial startup TrialSpark to assist researchers in rapidly launching clinical trials.

In addition, the CEO is an investor in numerous successful businesses in various sectors, such as Airbnb, Stripe, and Reddit.