Founder Profile
Greg Brockman
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Greg Brockman?
Greg Brockman is a founder of OpenAI, which was founded in 2015 with Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Ilya Sutskever.
- Company founded
- OpenAI
- Founded
- 2015
- Co-founders
- Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Ilya Sutskever
Background
Greg Brockman studied mathematics at Harvard and MIT before dropping out to join Stripe, where he eventually became the company's Chief Technology Officer. He left Stripe in 2015 to co-found OpenAI alongside Altman, Musk, and Sutskever, becoming the company's President and Chairman. Brockman was instrumental in establishing OpenAI's engineering culture and technical infrastructure in its early years and was a central figure in the events surrounding the November 2023 board crisis, during which he briefly resigned before returning alongside Altman.
Founding Story
Greg Brockman left his role as Stripe CTO to co-found OpenAI in 2015 and serves as president. He briefly quit during the November 2023 board crisis, returned with Altman, took a sabbatical in 2024 and came back later that year to focus on technical work and large-scale compute.
Greg Brockman was born in 1987 in Thompson. Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Red River High School.