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The Richest New Forbes 400 Member Hails From OpenAI. It Isn’t Sam Altman.
“Financially, what will take me to $1B?” Greg Brockman wrote in his journal in August 2017. Back then, OpenAI was still a nonprofit, and its cofounders—including Brockman, Sam Altman and Elon Musk—were locked in a fight over whether to launch a for-profit arm, and whether Musk would control it. “I think now is a crazy shot to be the one in charge and to step up to the challenge,” Brockman wrote. “We truly have a chance to make this happen.” Nine years later, Brockman's private diary became the most damaging evidence used by Musk in a legal battle over his claim that OpenAI’s president…
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