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 American entrepreneur, investor and software developer (born 1987) 
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 Thompson, North Dakota , U.S. Education Harvard University (transferred)
 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (dropped out) Occupations Software engineer
 entrepreneur
 Known   for President of OpenAI 
 Former CTO of Stripe and OpenAI
 Spouse 

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 Gregory Brockman (born November 29, 1987) is an American entrepreneur and software engineer . He is co-founder [ 2 ] and president of OpenAI . [ 3 ] He began his career at Stripe in 2010, upon leaving MIT , and became CTO [ 4 ] in 2013. He left Stripe in 2015 [ 5 ] to co-found OpenAI, where he also served as CTO. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] 

 Early life

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 Brockman was born in Thompson, North Dakota , and attended Red River High School , where he excelled in mathematics, chemistry, and computer science. [ 6 ] [ 9 ] He won a silver medal in the 2006 International Chemistry Olympiad [ 10 ] and became the first finalist from North Dakota to participate in the Intel science talent search since 1973. [ 11 ] In 2003, 2005, and 2007, he attended Canada/USA Mathcamp , a summer program for mathematically talented high-school students. [ 12 ] In 2008, Brockman enrolled at Harvard University but left a year later, briefly enrolling at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . [ 6 ] [ 13 ] 

 Career

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 In 2010, he dropped out of MIT to join Stripe , a company founded by Patrick Collison , his MIT classmate, and John Collison . In 2013, he became Stripe's first CTO, while the company grew from 5 to 205 employees. [ 8 ] [ 14 ] Brockman left Stripe in May 2015. [ 14 ] 

 OpenAI

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 Brockman met with Sam Altman and Elon Musk , and led the recruiting of the OpenAI founding team. Many of its members, including Ilya Sutskever , were top AI research talent that left high paying jobs for the opportunity at OpenAI. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] He co-founded OpenAI in December 2015 alongside Altm

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