Samuel Harris Altman (/ˈɔːltmən/; AWLT-mən; born April 22, 1985) is an American entrepreneur and investor who is one of the leading figures of the AI Spring.[1][2][3]
Samuel Harris Altman was born on April 22, 1985, in Chicago, Illinois,[6][7] into a Jewish family,[8] and grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. His mother is a dermatologist, whilst his father was a real-estate broker. Altman is the eldest of four siblings—brothers Jack and Max, and sister Annie.[9] At the age of eight he received his first computer, an Apple Macintosh.[10] He attended John Burroughs School, a private school in Ladue, Missouri. In 2005, after two years at Stanford University studying computer science, he dropped out without earning a bachelor's degree.[11][12]